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-_ ° oO | : 7 ; - * 1 APPENDIX a BLACK PANTHER PARTY | CONF DENA « According to its official nows:nper, ihe Riack Panther Party (BPP) was started during Decenber, 1956. rn Onkiine, California, to urganize black peuple so they cana wake coatrol of the life, pusstecs. and the destiny of tne black zommunity. It was orgasized 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 man- Slaughter in connection with the killing of an Oakiand police officer, The official newspaper, "The Black Panther" which further describes itself as the "Black Communsity News Service," States that ther BPP advocates the use of puns and guerrilla tactics in its revolutionary program to @nd oppressson of tne black people, Residents of the black community are urged to arm themsclves against the police who arz cumsistently referred to in the publication as "pigs" who should be kilied. “Tne Brack Panther" issue of Sep ember 1. i G8 contains ano edi voriad by PPE Minister er Bdacaiion, ¢CEONGE MASON MURRAY, which ends with the folicwing: “Black meu. Black people, colorcd persons of Anerica, revolt everywhere! Arm yoursclves. The only culture worth keeping is a revolutionary ; culture Change, Freedom everywhere. Dynamite! 2- Black Power. Use the gun, Kill the pigs everywhere.” Included in the introduction to an article appearing in the October 5; i968, edition of "The Black Panther” is the statement, "...we will not dissent from American Government. We will overtnrow it." Issues of “The Black Panther" repolarly concain quotations from the writings of Chairman MfO Tse-tung of the People's Republic of China and feature MAO'S statement that “political power grows out of the barrei a? a gun." The national headquarters of the BPP is located at 3106 Shattuck Avenuc, Burkeley,. Californin. Branches have been established at various Locations throughout the United States. . ca ’ . an a Pa atl ON ne Lo <P - Gas . 7 3g ~ ayy a . - a . Fn - Ae eee es :