BLACK PANTHER Definition & Meaning

Black Panther

[ blak pan-ther ]

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noun

a member of a militant African American organization Black Panther party active in the 1960s and early 1970s, formed to work for the advancement of the rights of Black people, often by radical means.

Black Panther

noun

(in the US) a member of a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people

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Origin of Black Panther¹

First recorded in 1960–65; the party was founded in Oakland, California, by political activists Huey P. Newton (1942–89) and Bobby Seale (born 1936), who modeled it on the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, an activist group in Alabama that had adopted a black panther as its symbol

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She’s championed policies that targeted racism, sexism, poverty and labor exploitation, values that stemmed from her experience as a Black Panther activist and her educational training at Mills College and UC Berkeley.

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"That's what I'm talking about," Jackson said, after the duo performed All The Stars, a ballad from the soundtrack to Marvel's Black Panther movie.

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We learn how Afeni, bright and ambitious, joined the Black Panther Party in New York, successfully defended herself in court with no formal training and later struggled with drug addiction.

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Denzel Washington listed a half-dozen projects he plans to do before retiring, including a bespoke part in a third, not-yet-announced ‘Black Panther’ film.

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Marvel has yet to announce a third “Black Panther” film, let alone Coogler’s involvement in another installment of the popular franchise.

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