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Black Panthers - a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end political dominance by Whites

party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

Black Panther - a member of the Black Panthers political party

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"It is an evil time," said the Black Panther, one furnace-hot evening, "but it will go if we can live till the end.

"Worse and worse," said the Black Panther, as the boy rose spluttering.

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It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk.

"Oh, thou art a man's cub," said the Black Panther very tenderly.

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Congressman Bobby Rush recalls his time with the Black Panther Party in 1969 as a time that shaped who he is today.

'It furthered my commitment'

The Black Panthers were part of the larger Black Power movement, which emphasised black pride, community control and unification for civil rights.

Past in Perspective

The struggle between the two Black Panthers, Killmonger and T'Challa, allegorizes a tension between insurrectionist and reformist politics.

SUPERPOWER: HANNAH BLACK ON BLACK PANTHER

It would be easy, after Black Panther crossed a billion dollars in the box office worldwide and has transcended into a cultural phenomenon, to overlook the movie itself opening with a story that leaves an unanswered question.

The Ancestral Lands of Black Panther and Killmonger Unburied

This book portrays the Black Panther Party in New Orleans in 1970, a year that included a shootout with the police on Piety Street, the creation of survival programs, and the daylong standoff between the Panthers and the police in the Desire housing development.

Arend, Orissa (foreword by Charles E. Jones, introduction by Curtis J. Austin). Showdown in Desire: The Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans

This collection of interviews and essays celebrating the activities of the Black Panther Party (BPP) is illustrated with b&w photo portraits of individual Panthers today by photojournalist Bryan Shih, as well as b&w historical photos, posters, and documents related to the BPP.

The Black Panthers: Portraits From an Unfinished Revolution