Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Lowndes County Freedom Organization
ChairpersonJohn Hulett
Founded1965 (1965)
Dissolved1970 (1970)
Merged intoAlabama Democratic Party
HeadquartersLowndes County, Alabama
IdeologyAfrican-American interests
Racial equality
Political positionLeft-wing

The Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO), also known as the Lowndes County Freedom Party (LCFP) and the Black Panther Party, was an American political party founded during 1965 in Lowndes County, Alabama. The independent third party was formed by local African-American citizens led by John Hulett, and by staff members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) under the leadership of Stokely Carmichael. Dubbed the "original Black Panther Party", the LCFO inspired the formation of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, a Black Power organization in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966.

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