The Red Guards were an Chinese-American civil rights militant group active during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The movement drew inspiration from a variety of sources including the Boxer Rebellion, The Red Guards in China, and the Black Panthers. The I Wor Kuen were a similar group operating in New York City modeled after the Boxers, who later merged with the west coast based Red Guards. The I Wor Kuen would later form the political front for the Red Guard Party as the more militant elements went underground. The Red Guards were modeled after and closely aligned with the Black Panther movement. The Black Panther's official newspaper had this to say about the Red Guard movement: