by David H. Jackson Jr. | Oct 10, 2022 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
The Institute of the Black World (IBW) was a collective Black intellectual think tank spearheaded by Vincent Harding, chair of History and Sociology at Spelman College, Stephen Henderson, chair of English at Morehouse College, and independent scholar William...
by MikellRobert | Jun 6, 2020 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
MOVE is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based black liberation group, whose foundation was built on philosophies of black nationalism and anarcho-primitivism, as well as animal rights. The group was founded in 1972 by Vincent Leaphart, a native of West Philadelphia, who...
by GemmellKylie | Jul 2, 2018 | Global African History, Groups & Organizations
Inspired by the Black Power movement in the U.S., the Nigerian playwright, Obi Egbuna, founded the British Black Panthers (BBP) in 1968 in London’s Notting Hill. In Britain, people of Caribbean, African, or South Asian descent, who were mainly immigrants from former...
by Shontoria Pratt | Apr 24, 2018 | African American History, People
Robert James Hutton, also known as Bobby or Lil’ Bobby, was the first recruit and first treasurer of the Black Panther Party (BPP) at just 16 years old. He was also the first member of the party killed by the police. Hutton was born in Jefferson County, Arkansas, to...
by WynneBen | Jul 21, 2016 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
Black Lives Matter Protesters in Seattle June 2020 “Image Ownershp: Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times” Black Lives Matter was created by three community organizers—Alicia Garza in Oakland, California; Patrice Cullors in Los Angeles, California; and Opal...
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