oct 15, 1966 - Black Panthers Formed
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It was in this context, and in the wake of the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, that Merritt Junior College students Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense on October 15, 1966, in West Oakland (officially “Western Oakland,” a district of the city of Oakland), CaliforniaAdded to timeline:
Date:
oct 15, 1966
Now
~ 58 years ago