The Black Panther Self-Defense Party was the most important activist group during the Civil Rights Movement era. It was founded in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in October 1966. The Black Panthers Party was founded to fight for and protect the rights of African Americans. Believing that the approach expressed by Martin Luther King Jr. would take too long, the approach taken by the Black Panther Party was more in line with the more aggressive theories of Malcolm X rather than the more peaceful strategy of Martin Luther King Jr.. Although he quickly gained great support, he proved ineffective in his main program due to government actions against him, disorganization within the BPP, and the loss and deficiencies of his leaders. In the 1960s, new generations were growing up in this turmoil and there was a need for an outlet for many African Americans tired of the abuses and civil and illegal injustices inflicted on and against them. Black Panther for Self Defense was created by Huey P. Newton in 1966 following the assassination of Malcolm Their agenda and its ideals struck a chord with black people across the country, particularly in northern inner cities. The panthers knew how to organize and unite these blacks. A new dawn was about to begin for African Americans across the United States. The Black Panther Self-Defense Party wanted four things: Equality in education, housing, civil rights and employment was based on 10 rules they liked to help launch black economic reform. nationwide for African Americans;1. We want freedom. We want power to determine middle of paper......Paul. Survival Pending Revolution: The Story of the Black Panther Party. University of Alabama Press, 2007. Baggins, Brian. History of the Black Panther Party. 2002. http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/ (accessed September 9, 2011). Black Panther Party - Further reading. Black Panther Party - Further reading (accessed September 7, 2011). Kelley, Robin DG and Earl Lewis. Making Our World New: A History of African Americans from 1880. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Leidner, Gordon. Great American History. http://www.greatamericanhistory.net/amendment.htm (accessed September 6, 2011). Wood, Adrian and Nutan Rajguru. The Black Panther Party for self-defense. http://www.socialistalternative.org/literature/panther/ch2.html (accessed September 4, 2011).