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Black Panther Party — Part 9
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On November 27, 1970, after lunch, the group continued
to hang around the Unitarian Church until about 4:45 p.m: No
significant instructions were received. Many of those present
were furious at the lack of organization. However, it was
announced that there would be a mass meeting in the Malcolm X
Park at Seventeenth Street and Euclid Street that night.
There e person, referred to as "BIG MAN", spoke. He
told how Howard University should have let the Black Panther
Party hold the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention
on campus free, His talk and the activities in the park con-
cluded by about 9 p.m.
“BIG MAN" appeared to be a Negro male, tweniy five to
twenty seven years of age, six feet three inches tall, weighing
200 pounds, with an Afro hairdo and a Vandyke beard with a very
black complexion.
On Saturday, November 28, 1970, approximately ene
- thousand persons were gathered at the Unitarian Church. Most of
those present, a large number of whom were white, broke into
§mall discussion groups on an informal basis as there Was again
uo foveal program or workshep.
D1: Sometine during the morning, approximately five
members from the Black Panther Party, including a person
identified as MICHAEL) XTARBCR, from New York, New York, appeared
briefly and announce! ‘that the constitution would be read at
Saint Stevens Episcopal Church that night. .
At approximately 7: 15 p.m., November 28, 1970, Saint
Stevens Episcopal Church in Washington, D. C., was filled to
Capacity. In addition, microphones were set up to play te
people in the yard outside. MICHAEL TARBOR did most of the
talking. He gave a brief background of the various workshops
in connection with the creation of the coustitution. Included
in these workchops were the following:
Women's Liberation
Gay Liberation :
Women In General
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