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Black Panther Party — Part 27
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Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
According to the officiel news paper of the BOP, the
BPP was started during Lecember, 1966, in Oakland, Galifornia, to. organize
black people so they can inke control of the life, polities, and the ;
destiny of ‘the black community. It was organized by BOBBY G,. SEALE BPP
Chairman, and HUEY P. NEWTCN, Minister of Derense, BPP.
The official newspaper, called "The Bleck Panther,” regularly states
that the BPP advocates the use of guns and guerrilla tactics. in ite”
revolutionary program to end oppression of the black people. Residents
of the bleck community ars urged to. arm themselves against the police who
are conmsistently referred to as "pigs" who should be killed. :
The newspaper, in its issue of September 7, 1958, hed an article by
the then Minister of Fducation, GEORGE MURRAY. This article ended with
the following:
"Black men, Black people, colored persons of America, revolt
everywhere! Arm yourselves. The only culture worth keeping
is revolutionary cuiture. Change. Freedom everyuhere.
Dynamite! Black pover. Use the gun. Kill the pige bverywhere 1"
The BPP newspaper, issue of October 5, 19.8, nad an erticle introduced
_with the following ectatement: “Ne will not dissent from American govern-
] ment. We will overthrow it."
DAVID HILLIARD, Chief of Staff, BPP, in-a spocech at the Sen Francisco
Polo Field on November 15, 1969, said "We will kilil Richard Nixon."
“DAVID HILLIARD, in the "New York Timee," issue of becember 13, 1969,
Was quoted as follows: "Yo advocate the very direct overthrow of the
government by way of force and violence."
In the issue of Aprili 25. 1970, the BYP newrpeper hed an article by
; Minister of Culture BHORY VOUGIAS as follows:
"The only way to make this racist US governnent administer
justice to the pecple it is oppressing, is. . . ny taking up
arms against this soverament, Killing the otfictals, until
the reactionary forces. . .are dead, and tiore that are tert
: turn their weapons on their superiors, therehy passing
a revolutionary judgonnn it against the number one enemy of all
i mankind, the racist U. S. government."
Tne BPP Headguarters is located at JONG Perslila Street, Oakland,
California. Branches of the Brr, and Commitleas Lo Combat Fascism, under
“control of the BPP, have ceen established in various Jocations in the USA,
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