Curated OER
The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement
Deepen understanding of the Civil Rights Movement with this collection of primary documents. This resource contains 22 video transcripts about desegregation, voting rights, black power, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and more. You might...
University of Washington
University of Washington: Black Panther Party History and Geography
Explore the history and geography of the Panther Party, including maps and a timeline detailing more than 500 incidents involving the Black Panther Party in dozens of locations stretching from Berkeley to Algeria and a set of interactive...
Black Past
Black Past: Black Panther Party
Encyclopedia entry describes the Black Panther Party: its beginnings, important leaders, and role in the African American communities of the 1960s and 1970s.
Black Past
Black Past: Lowndes County Freedom Org.
This encyclopedia entry details the beginnings of the Black Panther Party which grew from the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Black Power
Discusses the Black Power movement, including Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panthers.
Black Past
Black Past: Newton, Huey
A brief encyclopedia entry about the life of Black Panther, Huey Newton.
PBS
Pbs: Biography of Huey Newton
This page contains a biography of Huey Newton, founder of the Black Panthers. The biography includes these sections: on himself, on his mothe and father, on being a criminal, on his name, on his principles.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Four Radical Groups of the 60's
This site from the University of Virginia offers links to several militant groups of the sixties: Black Panther Party, SDS, and Youth International Party (Yippies).
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Bobby Seale
Learn about the life of Bobby Seale, African-American political activist, founder, along with Huey Newton, and national chairman of the Black Panther Party. Seale was one of a generation of young African-American radicals who broke away...