:blobwizard: Tsatnosk (zatnosk)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2018 05:13:08 PST

@paulfree14 according to wikipedia, the Black Panther Party was created in october 1966.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party

Black Panther the comic book superhero that the film is about, first appeared in a comic book in july 1966.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_(comics)

If the two names are related, then it's probably the party / liberation movement that was named after the comic book superhero.