oct 15, 1966 - Black Panther Party founded

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-vigilante armed citizens patrols (militancy): monitor police + challenge brutality against blacks

-far left (Marxist), black nationalism

-aims: freedom (power to determine destiny of black community), employment, education on black history, no draft for black men, end to police brutality, all black men released from jail, trial by black juries for black people, separate nation (?), etc

-breakfast programmes + medical clinics (e.g. Seattle)

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