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Black Panther Party

Miami gains a new artists’ collective with studios and a gallery in The Laundromat Art Space.

Remember Yesteryear: Black Panther Party and Dr. Huey P. Newton Dr. Huey Percy Newton was born Feb. 17, 1942, Monroe, Louisiana. Newton was an American political activist. Newton and Bobby Seale co…

In late October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Searle, who had met at Merritt College, a public community college in Oakland, California, founded the Black Panther Party. Originally the Panthers were more about community organisation and could almost have been described as a neighbourhood watch scheme (the original name was the Black Panther Party of … Continue reading "Extraordinary Pictures, Posters and Flyers of the Black Panther Party, 1967-1972"

Authored by Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest, Tracye A. Matthews, Mary Phillips, and Robyn C. Spencer Angela LeBlanc-Ernest, Tracye A. Matthews, Mary Phillips, and Robyn C. Spencer are four Black women historians who have spent decades researching and writing about the lives of Panther women. Now working at the intersection of education, cultural work, filmmaking and activism, these women

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is coming to theaters at a critical point in time. When the Black Panther Party was founded in 1966, it was in reaction to unjust conditions: police violence, substanda…

Learn more about Joju Younghi Cleaver and see how Eldridge Cleaver & Kathleen Cleaver's daughter has grown up. Also, learn about her brother and Joju's achievements & ventures.

We're celebrating ESSENCE Fashion House, strutting through Fashion Week, and reflecting on iconic Black style moments that made a statement.