Black Panther Party

US Black political organization

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2024 Apple TV+ releases The Big Cigar, a series following Huey Newton's escape to Cuba.
2021 Judas and the Black Messiah is released, starring Daniel Kaluuya and telling the story of Fred Hampton and the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party.
2021 David F. Walker publishes The Black Panther Party, a graphic novel featuring biographies of fifteen Black Panther leaders.
2020 Netflix releases The Trial of the Chicago 7, featuring Bobby Seale (portrayed by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and the Chicago Seven trial.
2019 The film Seberg is released, starring Kristen Stewart as Jean Seberg, highlighting her support of the Black Panther Party and persecution under COINTELPRO.
2018 Samir Shabazz, BRLP leader and New Black Panther Party leader, made inflammatory statements about white people during a public address.
October 2016 The Oakland Museum of California, in collaboration with approximately 100 former Black Panther Party members, organized an exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the party's founding. A special 20-page commemorative issue of The Black Panther newspaper was published as part of this commemoration.
2015 Mischa Culton gave an interview to Vice magazine discussing black autonomy and revolutionary struggle.
2012 The Black Riders Liberation Party launched their own newspaper, named after the organization.
May 3 2012 Two days after the May Day strike, party leader Mischa Culton's home was reportedly raided by authorities during a 'compliance check' by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
May 1 2012 Black Riders Liberation Party participated in a small 'General Strike' effort in Los Angeles on May Day.

This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles The Black Panther (newspaper), Black Panther Party & Black Riders Liberation Party, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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