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1 APENDIX BLACK FANTHER FARTY, Also Known As Black Panther Party for Self-Defense According to its of ficial newspaper, the Black Panther Party (BPP; was started duting December, 1966, in Oakland, California +9 orjonize black people so they can take control of the Jife. polities and the destiny of the black community. It was organized by Robby Seale, BPP Chairman, and Huey P. Newton, BPP Minister of Defense. Newton was sentenced inp 1968 to serve 2 to 15 years after being convicted of man- slaughter in connection with the killing of an Oakiand police officer. ° PEE VATS TEES SY ONT oo AOA ec ehig i bait aie apace ISTO The of Lic: il newspaper, "The Black Panther," which further describes i'3elf as the "Black Community News Service," states that the BFP advocates the use of guns and guerrilla tactics in its revolutionary program to end oppression of the black people. Residents of the black community are urged to arm themselves against the police who are consistently referred to in the publication as “piiqs" who should be killed. "The Blac! Pantlto:"” issue of September 7, 1968, contains an editorinl by BPP Minister of Education, George Mason Murray, which ends with the following: fh 3 te wr idioma "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. Kill the pigs everywhere.” in the October 5, 1°98. edition of "The Black Panther" is the statement “...we will not dissent from American Government. We will overthrow it.” Issues of "The Black Panther" regularly contain quotations from the writings of Chairman Mao Tse-tung of the People’s Republic of China ard feature Mao’s statement that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun," The national headquarters of the BPP is located at 3106 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. California, Branches have been established at various locations throughout the United States. § Included in. the introduction to an article appearing a ft wear oe . ad ame a ee ee Na ’ ~~ “ ie Tre Cini a . a ee Fae ae _