The Black Panthers, also known as the Black Panther Party, was a political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality against the African American community. Dressed in black berets and black leather jackets, the Black Panthers organized armed citizen patrols of Oakland and other U.S. cities.
Black cotton cap with "Black Panther Party, Seize The Time" white patched stitched on front and the embroidered words "National Civil Rights Museum" on the back.