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The '''Black Panther Party''' ('''BPP'''), originally known as the '''Black Panther Party for Self-Defense''' ('''BPP-SD'''), was a [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] | The '''Black Panther Party''' ('''BPP'''), originally known as the '''Black Panther Party for Self-Defense''' ('''BPP-SD'''), was a [[Revolutionary socialism|revolutionary socialist]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] [[Vanguardism|vanguard party]] in the [[United States]] (US) that was founded upon the principles of [[Black Power]], a movement largely built by [[Malcolm X]]. The organization was founded in October 1966 by [[Huey P. Newton]] and [[Bobby Seale]] in [[Oakland]], [[California]], existing until its effective destruction in the 1980s due to the work of the US government's [[COINTELPRO]] operations of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI).<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/index.htm Black Panther Party]</ref> | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
=== Civil rights movement (1942-1965) === | === Civil rights movement (1942-1965) === | ||
Since the end of the [[American Civil War]] in 1865, the institution of [[chattel slavery]] was formally abolished in the United States. However, it effectively continued to exist in the form of [[neo-slavery]] until 1942. Neo-slavery allowed for [[White people|White]] [[Dixie|Southerners]] to continue a process of enslaving [[African-Americans]] by [[debt peonage]], [[indentured servitude]], and unfair [[Labor contract|labor contracts]]. However, following the entry of the US into the [[Second World War]], President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (FDR) began a new series of programs to combat the neo-slavery issue. By mid-1942, the practice had been successfully eliminated,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kI2h3iotA The Part of History You've Always Skipped | Neoslavery]</ref> becoming the first major victory for what would become the [[civil rights movement]]. | Since the end of the [[American Civil War]] in 1865, the institution of [[chattel slavery]] was formally abolished in the United States. However, it effectively continued to exist in the form of [[neo-slavery]] until 1942. Neo-slavery allowed for [[White people|White]] [[Dixie|Southerners]] to continue a process of enslaving [[African-Americans]] by [[debt peonage]], [[indentured servitude]], and unfair [[Labor contract|labor contracts]]. However, following the entry of the US into the [[Second World War]], [[President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (FDR) began a new series of programs to combat the neo-slavery issue. By mid-1942, the practice had been successfully eliminated,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kI2h3iotA The Part of History You've Always Skipped | Neoslavery]</ref> becoming the first major victory for what would become the [[civil rights movement]]. | ||
Despite this new victory for African-American rights, the institutions of [[Jim Crow]] continued to be upheld by the [[Democratic Party]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjy7b9uwNxo Democrats are Strasserists]</ref> "Jim Crow laws" permitted racial [[apartheid]] that benefitted White communities at the expense of Black communities, while also restricting Black access to [[literacy]] and [[voting]]. Another example of Jim Crow laws were the so-called "[[Black codes]]," restricting where Black people were allowed to work, where they were allowed to live, and how much they were allowed to be paid in the system of [[wage labor]].<ref>[https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws#black-codes Jim Crow Laws]</ref> | Despite this new victory for African-American rights, the institutions of [[Jim Crow]] continued to be upheld by the [[Democratic Party]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjy7b9uwNxo Democrats are Strasserists]</ref> "Jim Crow laws" permitted racial [[apartheid]] that benefitted White communities at the expense of Black communities, while also restricting Black access to [[literacy]] and [[voting]]. Another example of Jim Crow laws were the so-called "[[Black codes]]," restricting where Black people were allowed to work, where they were allowed to live, and how much they were allowed to be paid in the system of [[wage labor]].<ref>[https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws#black-codes Jim Crow Laws]</ref> | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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