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Abbott Howard Hoffman APPENDIZ ie BLACK PANTHER P/RTY Accordin:e ta its official yer anrrer the Flack her ee Sah ake B ao we tt hk alte res at pet pe wa ah 7 Mee Panther Party (BPP) wos started during December, 1955, in Oakland, California, te organize black pecrvle 50 they can take control of the life, politics, and the destiny cf the black community. It was organized by BOERY GECKGE SEALE, BPP Chairman, and HVEY P,. NE TCN, EPP Minister of Defense. NE!;sTON is presently serving a sentence of 2 to 15 years on @ conviction of manslaughter in connection .ith the killing or an Cakland police officer, The cfflicicl nevspeper, “The Black Panther’, which further describes itself as the ‘Black Comuiurity News Service’, states that the HPP advocates the use of guns end guerrilie tactics in its revolutionary program to end cppression cr tne black people. kKesidents of the black community ere urged to arm themselves against the police who are consistently referred to in the publication as "pigs" 1sno should be killed. "The Black P ee a an contains an editorial by ibher"™ i SE5 BPP Min EO! “3 ak wih 1 > cid 43) , MASON MURRAY, which ends with the folloving: "Black men, Black people, colored persons cf America, revolt every here! frm yourselves. The cniy cuavure worth keeping is a revolutionary culture. Thange. Freeaom everywhere, Dynamite! Elack Power. Use the gun. Kill the pigs everywhere.’ im, Included in the introduction to an article appeering in the October 5, 1965, edition of "The Blac’ Panther" is tne statement, ".., ve will not dissent from American Government. le will overthro:; it." Issues of "The Black Par.ther” resulurly contain quotations from the writings of Chairman ..0 Tse-tung of tne People! 8 Republic of China and feature MAG's statement that "political power gro:s out of the barrel of a fun.” The national headquartevs of the BRP is located at 3166 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, Talifornia. Frauches nave been established at varieis lenatieus Muvooimhow Pie United Shates.