American political activist and co-founder with Bobby Seale of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966, who combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with community programs and armed self-defense.
Founded the Black Panther Party as a revolutionary organization that combined community social programs (free breakfast for children, health clinics) with armed resistance to police brutality — redefining radical political organizing in urban America.
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