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ee PO a 4 OT: TEN ee nie 4 a re + ont apenas RS UE eis it eee ea a ae : Ma TOL STM EI &. Staal et rey ME a eh Sagiac og RES. HPA id Met” gail ee —_ APPENDIX BLACK PANTHER PARTY FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOR SELF-DEFENSE The Black Panther Party (BPP), organized in December, 1966, at Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Georre aeuw EN RR pee Re atu 6s hearse Cass asinine leat 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 Intercommunal News Service, publishes a newspaper called "The Black Panther," which at one time openly advocated the use of puns and guerrilla tactics in a revolutionary program to end the oppression of the black people but since early 1971 has spoken for a survival program pending revolution. BPP national headquarters, aka Black Panther Intercommunal Headquarters, is located in Oakland, California. While openly advocating direct overthrow of the U. S. Government by force and violence until 1971, leaders have since avoided extreme statements in favor of calling for action within the established order. Newton, in an interview appearing in the May, 1973, issue of "Playboy" mapazine, stated the Fanthers' chief ambition is to change the American Government by any means necessary but that . 4 ultimately such change will be through armed violence. Despite its claimed dedication to community service, indicators of the BPP's continued attraction to violence persist. Since July, 1974, Newton and other BPP members have been arrested in Oakland, California, for threatening police officers, murder of a 17-year old female and the pistol whipping of Newton's tailor, Newton failed to appear on these charges and is now a local fugitive. Additionally, one died and three were wounded as a result of a shooting at a BPP-sponsored a] dance in Oakland, California, in October, 1974. 6* APPENDIX Pte AT De rene oe soem ergs EAT gto Gk er nt nye eres Sn re cen gen cone gy ere