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{ | { _ " ~ CONFIDE AL — APPENDIX According to its official newspaper, the Black Panther Party (BPP) was started during December, 1966, in Oakland, California, to organize black people so they can take control of the life, politics, and the destiny of the biack 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 on a conviction of Manslauchter in connection with the killing of an Oakland Police SSCS FA 2 Oe ee eee SO lb oe kh officer. Te 7 ‘ The official newspaper, "The Black Panther," which further describes itself as the "Black Community News Service," states that the BPP advocates the use of guns and guerrilla tactics in its revolutionary program to end oppression of the biack people. Residents of the black community are urged to 3 iy arm themselves against the police who are consistently referred ae to in the publication as "pigs" who should he killed. it "The Black Panther" issue of September 7, 1968, Th contains an editoriai by BPP Minister of Education, GEORGE a MASON MURRAY, which ends with the foilowing: a "Black men. Black people, colored persons of be America, revolt everywhere! Arm yourselves. The 48. om. only culture worth keeping is a revojutionary {* 2. culture. Change. Freedom everywhere. Dynamite? i Black Power. Use the gun. Kill the pigs everywhere." Included 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." eis ark se ria aad at .. Issues of "The Black Panther" reguarly contain guotations from the writings of Chairman MAO Tse-tung of the See fore iE: People’s Republic of China and feature MAO‘'s statement that fee “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." curs The national headquarters of the BPP is located at 32196 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California. Branches have been established at various locations throughout the United States. ra a A. Te eth Fe ae al id Lae 5 Ppt a, ata ae esas a , ay oh foe a et ak ee - ~- —_ - a x. Soa — a . Mee t _s mt . 7 ; aes oe. S; os to SS Sl ee 7 oe EL -™ ard ah yee yi - a ae ye ee eh se ue as bal Bk tele lean 9 : PS ad we pe mt ee ‘ lege aa A teat ot! eae ae Bn i i, at = ii . Oe a WN Te