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This makes it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal. -
The BPP was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California. -
The BPP begins monitoring police activity and asserting their right to bear arms in self-defense.
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The BPP gains national attention after organizing armed patrols to monitor police behavior in Oakland.
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The BPP establishes chapters in several cities across the US. -
COINTELPRO, a covert FBI program, intensifies efforts to surveil, infiltrate, and disrupt the BPP.
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Huey P. Newton was released from prison, and internal conflicts within the BPP escalated. -
The BPP faces increasing government repression, legal challenges, and internal divisions.
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The BPP experiences further decline due to government crackdowns, arrests, and internal strife.
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The official dissolution of the Black Panther Party.