Black Panther Party (Wallace 1968)

The Black Panther Party is a political party, socialist movement, and secession group in the United States. The group was first formed in 1966, one year after the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited discrimination in voting. In 1990, after dramatically losing power, the remaining members of the Black Panther Party disbanded from the group.

Reaction in the 1968 Presidential Election
When President Wallace won the 1968 Presidential Election, many members were outraged at the outcome. The Black Panther Party constantly created petitions to impeach President Wallace and get him out of office but the petitions did not have a lot of votes. Members of the Black Panther Party even had talks of seceeding from the United States and creating the Republic of New Afrika, an idea that was associated with the Black Panther Party until its demise in 1990.

Demise
During the late 1980s, the Black Panther Party was losing a lot of popularity. Many members left the party to join other Socialist and Black separatist parties. In 1990, The remaining members of the Black Panther Party left and joined the Socialist Party USA.