Formed in 1966 in California, they played a short but yet very important role in the movement. The Black Panthers had become to believe that Martin Luther King had failed on his approach and that his approach would take time to be introduced or simply not be in effect for quite some time. Huey Newton was and African American political and urban activist and he co-founded the Black Panther Party along with Bobby Seale. Huey Newton felt and believed that Martin Luther King could not change society on the civil rights movement. Newton looked at King as a person who had been made into a celebrity and not a leader for change for change in society. When Huey Newton and Bobby Seale became friends and found that they had the same beliefs that is when the created this powerful group known as, The Black Panthers. It became a new voice in the Civil Rights Movement and was the complete opposite of what another group was working
Formed in 1966 in California, they played a short but yet very important role in the movement. The Black Panthers had become to believe that Martin Luther King had failed on his approach and that his approach would take time to be introduced or simply not be in effect for quite some time. Huey Newton was and African American political and urban activist and he co-founded the Black Panther Party along with Bobby Seale. Huey Newton felt and believed that Martin Luther King could not change society on the civil rights movement. Newton looked at King as a person who had been made into a celebrity and not a leader for change for change in society. When Huey Newton and Bobby Seale became friends and found that they had the same beliefs that is when the created this powerful group known as, The Black Panthers. It became a new voice in the Civil Rights Movement and was the complete opposite of what another group was working