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Black Panther
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black panther
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Noun
Black Panther
en US politics historical A member of the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982.
en June 8, 1970 Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's New York Magazine http://www.anamnesis.info/sites/default/files/Tom%20Wolfe-Radical%20Chic%20%26%20Mau-Mauing%20the%20Flak%20Catchers.pdf w:Tom Wolfe For example, does that huge Black Panther there in the hallway, the one shaking hands with Felicia Bernstein herself, the one with the black leather coat and the dark glasses and the absolutely unbelievable Afro, Fuzzy Wuzzy-scale in fact—is he, a Black Panther, going on to pick up a Roquefort cheese morsel rolled in crushed nuts from off the tray, from a maid in uniform, and just pop it down the gullet without so much as missing a beat of Felicia's perfect Mary Astor voice. . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20260208193558/http://www.anamnesis.info/sites/default/files/Tom%20Wolfe-Radical%20Chic%20%26%20Mau-Mauing%20the%20Flak%20Catchers.pdf 8 February 2026