Who were the black panther party

It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense

Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The party's original purpose was to patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.

Explanation:

There is no specific term used to describe a group of panthers, likely as a result of the solitary behavior that the animal exhibits. The word " panther " is used as a general reference to the black cats belonging to the Panthera genus. It is not a distinct species.