The Revolutionary Black Panther Party or RBPP is a Marxist-Leninist

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organization in the

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. RBPP claims to continue the legacy of the

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(BPP) of the 1960s.

History

In 1992 the RBPP was created. The RBPP states its aims as "protecting and defending our people against

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, ethnic cleansing,

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, the Black African Holocaust and race war waged against people of African descent." The RBPP considers itself to be a continuation of the

active in the United States from 1966 and 1982. RBPP leader Alli Muhammad (Chief-General-In-Command), was raised as a member of the BPP. According to Muhammad, "Growing up a Panther cub … there are things engrained in you, that you can never get out of you, and it matures you, it is difficult to erase this maturity and as a fully grown panther, it lives on in the ''Revolution'', in the Revolutionary Black Panther Party".

Marches in St. Louis

The RBPP launched what they call the "Armed Black Human Rights Movement" and "Armed Freedom Rides" and did an "Armed Human Rights March" with

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s and rifles through the Central West End (white community) of

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, for what according to Alli Muhammad, was "in honor of the humanity" of black victims such as Michael Brown.,

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, Angelo Brown and Darren Seals.

Demonstrations in Milwaukee

In 2016, RBPP marched in

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, armed with guns, to protest to what they referred to as "genocide" of African Americans at the hands of law enforcement. The RBPP called for the resignation of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Police Chief Ed Flynn.

References

{{Black Panther Party 1992 establishments in the United States Activists for African-American civil rights Black Panther Party Black political parties in the United States Political parties established in 1992 Political parties of minorities in the United States

History

Marches in St. Louis

Demonstrations in Milwaukee

See also

References