The Black Panther Self-Defense Party was the most significant activist group during the era of the Civil Rights Movement. 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 Malcolm X's more aggressive theories rather than Martin Luther King Jr.'s more peaceful strategy. Although he gained a lot of support quickly, he was ineffective in his main agenda due to the government's actions against them, disorganization within the BPP, and the loss and shortcomings of its leaders. In the 1960s new generations were growing up in this turmoil and an outlet was needed for many African Americans tired of the civil and illegal abuses and injustices committed for and against them. Black Panther for Self Defense was created by Huey P. Newton in 1966 following the assassination of Malcolm Their platform and its ideals affected blacks across the country, especially in the urban centers of the North. The Panthers were able 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 that they loved would help usher in black economic reform. across the country for African Americans;1. We want freedom. We want the power to determine... the center of the card... Paul. Survival while waiting for 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 9 September 2011).Black Panther Party - Further Reading. Black Panther Party - Further reading (accessed 7 September 2011). Kelley, Robin D.G., and Earl Lewis. To Renew Our World: A History of African Americans Since 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).