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Inside the New Black Panthers

Similar to hate factions like the KKK and neo-Nazis, the New Black Panther Party is a militant hate group, headquartered in Washington, D.C. that seeks to redefine the black struggle for equality and demand liberation from what it sees as white supremacy.

Inside the New Black Panthers , The New Black Panther Party , The New Black Panther Party advocates black nationalism and anti-Americanism.

Inside the New Black Panthers,Black Panther Party members showing the "Black Power" sign with fists, outside of the Free Chip Rally on June 28, 2008.

Inside the New Black Panthers,King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson show the "Black Power" sign with fists outside of a building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 8, 2008.

Inside the New Black Panthers,King Samir Shabazz's book bag is shown on June 8, 2008. Handwritten on the bag is the Black Panther Party slogan, "Freedom or Death."

Inside the New Black Panthers,Divine Allah, a member of the New York chapter of the New Black Panther Party, holds a poster while other members stand in a single file line facing an American flag on the ground on July 5, 2008.

Inside the New Black Panthers,Members from the New York Chapter of the New Black Panther Party burned the American Flag in protest against the Celebration of the 4th of July.

Inside the New Black Panthers,The Shrine of the Black Madonna at the Shrine of the Black Madonna Church in Detroit, Michigan on June 27, 2008.

Inside the New Black Panthers,Uniformed members of the New York chapter of the New Black Panther Party stand in a single file line on July 5, 2008.

Inside the New Black Panthers,Divine Allah, a member of the New York chapter of the New Black Panther Party, holds and drags an American flag on the ground.

Inside the New Black Panthers,Jerry Jackson attends the Philadelphia Odunde' Festival on June 8, 2008.

Black Panther members representing National Geographic Channel show Inside the Black Panthers

NEW PARTY BRINGS NEW BELIEFS

The New Black Panther Party for Self Defense (NBPP) is a militant hate group. Learn more about this new era for the black struggle and the original Black Panther Party.

The roots of the NBPP can be traced to Michael McGee, a former member of the original Panthers, who was elected to the Milwaukee City Council in Wisconsin in 1984.

In 2002, original members of the Panthers sued the NBPP and founder Aaron Michaels for using their name and emblem.

The NBPP has made appearances and organized rallies at the scene of many recent racial incidents, such as the Sean Bell shooting in New York, the Megan Williams rape case, and spearheaded aid to Hurricane Katrina victims.

Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the original Black Panther Party in Oakland, California on October 15, 1966.

The original Black Panther Party for Self Defense was created to promote civil rights, self-defense, and racial justice.

In October 1967, Oakland police officer John Frey was shot to death in an altercation with Huey P. Newton during a traffic stop. Newton served three years in prison for the crime, a conviction that was reversed in appeal.

In 1968, membership in the Black Panther Party reached 5,000, their newspaper had a circulation of 250,000, and they had chapters established in many cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, and New York.

From fall 1967 through the end of 1969, nine police officers were killed and 56 were wounded in confrontations with the Panthers. In 1969 alone, 348 Panthers were arrested for a variety of crimes.

In September 1968, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover described the Black Panthers as, "The greatest threat to the internal security of the country."

At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two American medalists gave the Black Power salute during the playing of the national anthem.

The main initiatives of the Black Panther Party were free services and survival programs such as clothing distribution, free medical clinics, first aid, and a breakfast program.