The White Panthers were an anti-racist political collective founded in November 1968 by Pun Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair. [1] 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. Newton replied that they could ...

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Jan 20, 2021 · The White Panthers were white activists who supported the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary Black socialist movement. The White Panthers also promoted the anti-war movement and the decriminalization of marijuana.

Lawrence Robert "Pun" Plamondon (April 27, 1945 – March 6, 2023) was an American activist, known for being a 1960s left-wing activist who helped found the White Panther Party.

The White Panther Party was a group that pledged to support the Black Panther Party and advocated for the freedom of political prisoners and the abolition of systemic racial injustice… alongside free love, rock n’ roll, and the expansion of consciousness through psychedelics.

Founded in 1968 by Pun Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair as a response to Huey P. Newton’s call for separate, white, anti-racist groups in support of the Black Panther Party, the White Panthers served as a countercultural group dedicated to "cultural revolution."

Apr 19, 2024 · Along with his wife Leni and a hippie half-breed named Pun Plamondon, John Sinclair formed the first White Panther Party in the charred ruins of Detroit with a rallying cry calling on the ...

Dec 1, 2011 · Now, this Friday, former White Panther Party members and associates will reunite in the Michigan Union Ballroom. In addition, the Ann Arbor District Library has organized a series of events to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Freedom Rally.

Jul 6, 2024 · In 1968, a white journalist asked Black Panther Huey Newton, “What was the best thing white people could do to help end systemic racism and classism as manifested primarily in police...

Jul 7, 2021 · In the 1960s and 1970s, when Detroit was home to a vibrant radical Left, photographer Leni Sinclair, cofounder of the White Panther Party and the Detroit Artists Workshop, stood at the center of a local scene where political and cultural ferment merged. We spoke to her about those years of upsurge.