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|r APENDIX BLACK PANTHER PARTY, Also Known As Black Panther Party for Self-Defense scrape te ee According to its vofficia]) newspaper, the Black Panther Party (BPP) wan started dvring December, 1966, in Oakland, California, ta organize block people so they can take control of the life. pelitics and the destiny of the black community. It was organized by Bobby Seale, BPP Chairman, and Huey P. Newton, BPP Minister of Defense. Newton was sentenced in 1968 to serve 2 to 15 years after being convicted of man- slaughter in connection with the killing of an Oakland police officer. re Wp cede 7 onal pala ed AE 7 vor a 1. “Wands Ot adler A el ea tented eats dane AT tT EO The official newspaper, “The Black Panther,” which further describes itself as the "Black Community News Service," states that the BPP iadvocates 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 arn consistently referred to in the publication as "pigs" who should be killed. “The Blac) Panther" assie of September 7, 1968, contains an editoriz! hy Ber Minister of Education, George Mason Murray, which ends with the following: ae 3 La . "Black men. Black rorople. colored persons of America, revolt everywhere. Arm yoursclves, The only culture worth keeping is a revolutionary culture. Change, Freedom everywhere. Dynamite! Black Poor. Us the gun. Kill the pigs everywhere." Included i” the introduction to an article appearing in the October 5, 1°53, edition of “The Black Panther" is the statement "...we wi]} 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 and 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 varicus locations throughout the United States. ht . " ett a a hs Dh el ae. See aiall coy ghee pater Aa rT TOE ton ae ae Te aaa re — < anal . ST ae iia deel to _ . Fe aD, tie OH ig ee ae Fm a - ee ae — eet e i 3 é i | a ES — ci Ne te