California State Library on Instagram: "Vol. 8 of Shelf Life shares items from CA History’s Black Panther Party collection. This collection features photos, buttons, fliers, small posters, pamphlets, campaign literature, Ministry of Information Black Papers, and more from 1966-1980. The Black Panther Party was founded in October 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale as an organization dedicated to protecting and uplifting the Black population of Oakland. #libraries"