Can a white person join the black panthers?

The two leading revolutionary men created the national organization as a way to collectively combat white oppression. ... It reflected a new portrayal of self for black people in the 1960s in a way that attracted many young black kids to want to join the party — some even wrote letters to Newton asking to join. read more

Members of the original Black Panther Party, which has no connection to the NBPP, have heavily criticized the New Black Panther Party. An open letter from the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, which is run by members of the original Black Panther Party, decries the NBPP for being a hateful and unconstructive group. read more

The White Panthers were a far-left, anti-racist, white American political collective founded in 1968 by Pun Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair. It was started in response to an interview where Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was asked what white people could do to support the Black Panthers. read more

Simple answer, no. I sent two emails to Black Panther's main website asking if I, a white male can join and those two emails were both ignored. KKK are obviously more of a hate group, and Panthers are more for civil rights activists. My emails to the Panthers, intentionally, had to be ignored for several reasons: 1. My emails could be pranks. 2. read more