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ar | APPENDIX j= BLACK PANTHER PARTY | FORMERLY KNOWN AS, THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOR SELF-DEFENSE . Fe E s a e The Black Panther Party (BPP), organized in December, 1966, at Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby George Seale, has the publicly stated purpose of organizing black people to take control of the life, politics and destiny of the black community. The Party, operating the Black Panther Inter-~- communal News Service, publishes a newspaper called "The Black Panther,'' which at one time openly advocated the use of guns and guerrilla tactics in a revolutionary program to end the oppres~ sion of the black people but since early 1971 has spoken for a - Survival program pending revolution, it eating? Pee ce wy . : PROT EER RTE rie abel gam ole Me og, A Fe aT it eet, PTT BMidecbhea cree e. While openly advocating direct overthrow of the U. 5, ny Government by force and violence until 1971, leacers have cince zo avoided extrome statements in favor of calling for action within oo the established order. Newton, in an interview appearing in tue Lad ' May, 1973, issue of "Playboy" magazine, stated the Panthers’ chief ambition is to change the American Government by any means necessary but that ultimately such change will be through armed violence, BPP national headquarters, aka Black Panther Intercom- minal Headquarters, as of May, 1974, continued to be located in Oakland, California, with branches throughout the country. AUER op The. ° Ce ee Rtg Ts | . me, 4 APPENDIX ot aa ad ial i ur 4 & a 7. 4 * Sisiored SP Ug ai * + ates eae