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RE: BLACK PANTHER PARTY (BPP) On mn serarasrenres CE T-l advised that the BPP rally at the Kimberly Housing Project in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was held at approximately 5 PM on July 30, 1972. This source estimated there were approximately 2,000 people in attendance at the rally and the BPP gave avay about 1,000 bags of groceries which had been previously solicited from local merchants. During the course of the rally BPP members gave free sickle cell anemia tests to approximately 800 people and approximately 300 persons were _Tegistered to vote. en ig ie me ee rae Sida ih, i ten eel During the ‘rally it was announced that those persons in attendance could obtain free children's tennis shoes at BPP headquarters, 1333 North Patterson Avenue, , Winston-Salem, North Carolina, under the BPP's free clothing program. HAZEL aR’ MAck, an officer of the North Carolina Chapter..of the Black Panther Party, acted as emcee for this affair and introduced the following speakers: hank Ae at ages Ryne l. LARRY LITTLE, head of the North Carolina Chapter of the BPP. LITTLE talked about the oppression of black people and called for the unity of all blacks. He spoke of the death of JOSEPH IRWIN WADDELL, a BPP member who recently died in North Carolina Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina. LITTLE told the assembled group that the BPP was now a political organization and that he intends to run for an unidentified public office in the future. 2. Reverend MOSES \SMALL, pastor of a local Baptist church and a candidata for Winston-Salem City-County School Board. Reverend SMALL compared the BPP's efforts in feeding the poor to that of JESUS feeding the multitudes. He talked about the new image of the BPP and how the BPP was now a political organization. g 4 2 j ¢ x lay Tae PR ES Ta we tee aha woe yn Tag a Pr wh Boy: . ? Sarveagn, A ay, A ee ea 2 ee ee I ia Col Ot oy et waa FEY on, . a ied on nt are DG pe OR, re. * mat: riers Re are a ten NE a ence ato vet ws 4 t 4