African-American Movements & Milestones: Black Power

This collection exists in the Library of Congress and include many influential members of the Black Power Movement.

Phyllis Tyler discusses the impact of the Black Power movement on the interracial dynamics of the early civil rights movement.

This series of four interviews with Ericka Huggins was conducted in the fall of 2007. They cover her life from her childhood through the late 1970s, and focus primarily on her work with the Black Panther Party.

Inspired by the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, Jane Meyers conducted a group of oral histories with members of the San Diego Black Panther Party.

Veterans of the Black Panther Party, Seattle chapter, discuss their experiences in video interviews.

This subject guide highlights records of Federal agencies and collections that related to the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The selected records contain information on various organizations, which include the Nation of Islam (NOI), Deacons for Defense and Justice, and the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP).

The Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s was a political and social movement whose advocates believed in racial pride, self-sufficiency, and equality for all people of Black and African descent.

The Black Panther Black Community News Service Collection consists of 420 newspapers published by the Black Panther Party between 1967-1980. Each issue was between 16-28 pages and featured a range of articles and op-eds on the activities of the party, black power, police brutality, communism, and party leadership. The back of each issue featured artwork from artist and Black Panther's Minister of Culture Emory Douglas. Beginning on March 13, 1971, the newspapers were re-named The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service.

This site includes original copies of the Black Panther Party newsletters and newspapers.

Included are over 100 documents on the Black panther Party. The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service was a weekly periodical with national and international distribution. It was published for 13 years, starting in 1967, and was sometimes called the Black Panther Black Community News Service or the Black Panther Community News Service.

These records report the investigtion of the Winston Salem, North Carolina, chapter of the Black Panther Party.

Documents held by the FBI on Stokely Carmichael.

Clippings on the raid on the Black Panther Party headquarters and death of Fred Hampton.

The Huey P. Newton Foundation was started by David Hilliard and Fredrika Newton to develop and sponsor cultural, historical and educational programs and institutions consistent with the theories and teaching of Huey Newton and the philosophy and ideology of the Black Panther Party. Huey P. Newton founded the Black Panther Party during the late 1960's to organize and train African Americans to protect themselves against official violence. As the Party evolved, Newton professed the development of programs for the Black community and the philosophy of self-help.