His voice was bold and firm, carrying a bravado that demanded respect and fairness for African Americans in Milwaukee and ...
Activists, including Black Panthers like Assata Shakur ... helped coordinate a door-to-door program with the civil rights organization Young Lords to test folks for lead and tuberculosis.
However, in 1968, as a freshman at American University, she wrote a column criticizing a speech by a leader of the Black Panther Party, the organization known for its revolutionary politics and armed ...
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. "They wanted to have an organization that pushed back against police brutality in Black ...
As part of WGN’s Black History Month coverage, Micah Materre hosted a half-hour special featuring an exclusive conversation with surviving members of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party.
started the Black Panther Militia in 1989 ... who stepped down as Panther leader in 1998 and the organization fizzled out again. McGee didn't respond to a request for comment Wednesday.