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Black Panthers

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  1. A militant Black Power organization founded in the 1960s by Huey Newton and others. Newton proclaimed: “We make the statement, quoting from Chairman Mao, that Political Power comes through the Barrel of a Gun.”


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The Bundists weren’t analogous to the Black Panthers, as she suggests.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Shakur also joined the more radical Black Liberation Army whose members consisted of former Black Panthers.

From BBC Sep. 26, 2025

The Black Panthers lobbied Stone to replace the two white band members with Black musicians.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2025

In the days immediately following the riots, gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals organized the Gay Liberation Front to work alongside the Black Panthers, the Puerto Rican Young Lords, Women’s Liberation Movement, and student anti-war movements.

From Slate Apr. 7, 2025

Black Panthers from around the country, in sky blue T-shirts with pictures of black panthers on them stood tall, patrolling the park.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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