Denise Oliver-Vélez, revolutionary organizer turned trailblazing broadcaster and educator, dead at 78

Denise Oliver-Vélez, a pioneering member of the Young Lords and Black Panther Party and a trailblazing broadcaster and ...
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The Black Panther Party and the Cold War struggle

Born in the streets of Oakland, the Black Panther Party became one of the most radical movements of the Cold War era — ...

Denise Oliver-Vélez, Pioneering Young Lord & Black Panther, Dies at 78

Lifelong activist, organizer and educator Denise Oliver-Vélez has died at the age of 78. She was a central figure in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s and was the first woman elected ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Exhibit celebrates Black Panther Party in stories and portraits

The documentary exhibit “Revolutionary Grain,” open now through March 15 in the Macky Gallery, highlights the stories of former Black Panther Party members and ongoing struggles for racial justice The ...
Yahoo

Former Chairwoman Of The Black Panther Party Led Efforts That Raised $80M To Open An Affordable Clean Energy Apartment Building In Oakland, CA

A former Black Panther Party leader is behind a new affordable housing project. According to NBC Bay Area, Elaine Brown, a former chairwoman of the Black Panther Party, led efforts to raise $80 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

I was at the birth of the local Black Panther Party. There’s still so much work to be done.

Wallace is an original member of the San Diego Black Panther Party for Self Defense and currently serves as chairman of the San Diego Original Black Panther Party for Community Empowerment. He lives ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Black Panthers’ legacy, image at issue in feud over historic sites

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Essence

Efforts To Include The Black Panther Party In National Registry Of Historic Places Sparks Criticism

The effort to memorialize the Illinois Black Panther Party and include its history in the National Register of Historic Places has sparked controversy due to differing opinions on how the organization ...
Chicago Tribune

Former Illinois Black Panthers celebrate a new heritage trail commemorating their legacy

In the late 1960s, the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party distributed free breakfast to schoolchildren at a youth services center in North Lawndale. On Sunday, several former chapter members ...
insider.si.edu

A Panther is a Black Cat: a Study in Depth of the Black Panther Party - its Origins, its Goals, its Struggle for Survival

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The New York Times

Black Panther Party

The monitoring of federal agents by activists has been at the heart of the opposition to the Trump administration’s raids. The tactic has a long history. By Charles Homans The F.B.I. made her the ...