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2. : BLACK PANTHER PARTY : . According to its official newspaper, the Black Panther : Party (BPP) was started during December, 1966, in Oakland, a -- California, to organize black people so they can take control j - of the life, politics, and the destiny of the black community. It was organized by BOBBY GEORGE SEALE, BPP Chairman, and HUEY P. NEWTON, BPP Minister of Defense. NEWTON is presently serving a sentence of 2 to 15 years ona conviction of a oe the are eh . manslaughter in connection with the police officer. a The official newspaper , “The Black Panther,” which a Fa om eae BT as ees Coane i ew further describes itself as the “Black Community News Service, states that the BPP advocates the use of guns and guerilla tactics in its revolutionary program to end oppression of the black people. Residents of the black community are urged to arm themselves against the pol ice whO are consistently reierred to in the publication as "pigs" who should be killed. | | | | “The Black Panther” assue of September 7. 1968. contains an editorial by BPP Minister of Education, GEORGE MASON MURRAY, which ends with the following: ; “Black men. Black people, colored persons of : America, revolt everywhere: Arm yourselves. The : only culture worth keeping is a revolutionary > culture. Change. Freedom everywhere. Dynamite: Black Power. Use the gun. Kall the pigs everywhere.” Inciuded in the introduction to an article appearing in the October 5, 1968, edition of “The Black Panther" is the statement, “...we will not dissent from American Government. We will overthrow it." ce i ne Issues of "The Black Panther” reguiarly contain _. quotations from the writings of Chairman MAO Tse-tung of the «, ,. People's Republic of China and feature MAO‘s statement that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” The national headquarters of the BFP is located at 3106 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California. - Branches have been established at various locations throughout the United States. a+