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Historically, the black panther party was formed as a reaction to the MLK assassination in 1968. Huey Newton, a black socialist revolutionary activist, hoped the panther party could both help restore a sense of black nationalist pride after the 1968 riots while also creating a self-defense militia for black communities fearing police brutality violence and KKK violence.

Sooo.. my question is this:

What if black citizens (recently freed slaves from the south & freemen from the north) during the reconstruction era formed a panther party, advocating violent self-defense ideals as reaction to 19th century KKK violence.

What do you think would happen?

Could this early Panther Party flourish?

How would US presidents, and the north in general react?

Could Black Nationalism culturally mesh in Antebellum USA
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