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a 0 BLACK PANTHER PARTY fe According to its official newspaper. the Black Panther Party (BPP) was started during December, 1966 in Oakland, California, to organize biack peopie so they can take cortrol of the life, politics, and the destiny of the black 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 manslaughter in connection with the killing of an Oakland police officer. The official newspaper, "The Biack 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 oprression of the black people. Residents of the black community are urged to arm themselves against the police who are ccnsistently 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 everywhere! Arm yourselves. The only culture worth keeping is a revolutionary culture. Change. Freedom everywhere. Dynamite: 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." Issues of “The Biack Panther" reguinrly contain quotations from the writings of Chairman Wii0 Tse-tung of the People's Repubiic of Chins and feature MAO's statement that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gua." The national headquarters 3f the BPP is located at 3106 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California. Branches have been established at various locations throughout the United States. 7