Saturday, October 15, 2011

October 15, 1966: Black Panther Party is created

Today is the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party (originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.

Here is more information on the Black Panther Party...

Black Panther Party, FBI

Black Panther, ca. 1966 - ca. 1969, National Archives (video)


Sonnet Ireland
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Urban Studies, Engineering

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