The Black Beret As A Revolutionary Symbol
One of the most famous photographs of Che Guevara taken by Alberto Korda was of him wearing a black beret with a gold star. Fidel Castro also wore a black beret during the revolution against the Batista government of Cuba. In the 1960s several activist groups adopted the beret.
- The Black Panther Party, of the United States formed in 1966, wore black berets.
- A similar Black Power organisation in Bermuda was named the Black Beret Cadre.
- Chicano activists wore the black beret in the 1960s (in homage to Che Guevara) as a symbol of militancy and organized the Black Berets por La Justicia throughout California and the Southwestern United States.
- Provisional Irish Republican Army members wore a black beret.
- ETA terrorist group wore black berets over hoods in public appearances.
- THRUSH troops on The Man from UNCLE wore black berets.
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