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          Black Panther Party

          US political organization (1966–1982)

          "Black panthers" redirects here. For other uses, see Black panther (disambiguation).

          For similarly named organisations, see Black panther (disambiguation) § Political organisations.

          The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P.

          Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California.[11][12][13] The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with chapters in many major American cities, including San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Philadelphia.[14] They were also active in many prisons and had international chapters in the United Kingdom and Algeria.[15][16] Upon its inception, the party's core practice was its open carry patrols ("copwatching") designed to challenge the e