IANA Blog- October 2026
Blog Happy October, As mentioned before, October is my favorite month and this year’s October is very special, because this year is the 60th Anniversary of an organization that, in my opinion, was the face of the Black Power/Black Liberation Movement of the 60s and 70s in USA, and one of my favorite organizations of all time, The Black Panther Party . Just like I did with last year’s October blog on Assata Shakur, I wanted to talk about what the Black Panther Party was, the people involved, the history of the organization and the legacy they left before I talk about what the organization has meant to me. For IANA members who don’t know what the Black Panther Party was, the Black Panther Party was a Black Power, political and militant organization founded from 1966 to 1982. The Black Panther Party was originally known as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and is also known as the Black Panthers or the Panthers for short and was founded by Black American revolutionaries Dr. ...