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Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the for Self-Defense in October 1966, in Oakland, California. The name was shortened to the later. Stokely Carmicheal, the leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) also joined the . The \\'s main go ....

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.... that no black man should serve in any military branch. The refused to fight for a government that does not treat them as full citizens of the United States of America. This would reduce the military number of men drastically. The may have seemed like they were revolting against America, but were only doing what they felt was right. A major difference between the and other black nationalist groups of the day can be seen in the plan for a communist America: to them, the mother country was America, not Africa. The Black Panthers felt like they belonged in America, but were being oppressed. One of the fundamental areas, in which the contribu ....