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arent 3 NY 100-161445 APPENDIX ae | 1. , ; ' BLACK PANSHER PARTY According to its official newspaper, the Black Panther Party (BPP) was starved during December, 1966, in Oakland, California, to organize biack people so they can take control of the life, politics, and the destiny of the black community. It was organized by BOBBY GEORGE SEALE, ry 1.7 BPP Chairinan, and HUSY P, NEWTON, BPP Minister of Defense. NEWTON is presently serving a sentence of 2 to 15 years on a conviction of manslaughter in connection with the killing of an Oakland police officer. Tne 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- black people. Residents of the black community are urged to arn themselves against the police who are consistently referred to in the publication as "pigs" who should be killed. "The Black Panther" issue of September 7, 1968, contains an editorial by BPP Minister of Education, GEORGE MASON MURRAY, which ends with the following: “Black men. Black people, colored persons of America, revolt everywnere! Arm yourselves. The only culture worth keeping is a revolutionary culture. Change. Freedom everyvunere, Bynamite! Black Pover. Use the gun. Kill the - Digs 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.” ‘Iesues 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 notional headquarters ‘of the BPP is located at 3106 Shattuck Avene, Berkeley, California. Branches have been established at various locations throughout the United States. . err -™ ee “ eee Pe - ‘ an Tm at yee haem ORR AE BR em ee eee pee le ee ee on