History of the Black Panthers

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1. Which two members co-founded the Black Panther Party? Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver Bobby Seale and Elmer Pratt Eldridge Cleaver and H. Rap Brown

2. Which future Panther wrote "Soul on Ice" while in prison? Bobby Seale Eldridge Cleaver Huey P. Newton H. Rap Brown

3. What did the P in Huey P. Newton stand for? Pierce Paul Peter Patrick

4. Which Green Beret turned Panther was imprisoned for over twenty years for two murders until evidence arose that the FBI knew he wasn't involved from the beginning? Elmer Pratt George Jackson Bobby Seale Eldridge Cleaver

5. Which of the following Black Panthers are still alive? Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton Bobby Seale and Eldridge Cleaver Huey P. Newton Bobby Seale

6. The Black Panthers "drafted" these two members of the Student National Coordinating Committee (SNCC) into their own organization. Who were they? H. Rap Brown and Elmer Pratt Eldridge Cleaver and Stokely Carmichael Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown Stokely Carmichael and Kwame Ture

7. According to their founders, what event inspired the formation of the Black Panthers? assassination of Malcolm X assassination of Medgar Evers assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination of Elijah Muhammad

8. The New Black Panthers are endorsed by the original leaders of the Black Panthers True False

9. Which Black Panther ran for mayor of Oakland, California during the heydey of the organization? Huey P. Newton Bobby Seale H. Rap Brown Elmer Pratt

10. With the release of Huey P. Newton from prison, a major rift began between him and what other Panther leader? Bobby Seale Eldridge Cleaver Stokely Carmichael H. Rap Brown