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0 UNI.«D STATES DEPARTMENT OF ».STICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CONFIDENTIAL — Ta Rapin Please Refer Charlotte, North Carolina on July 29, 1971 SOLIDARITY RALLY FOR HIGH POINT FOUR, HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA JULY 25, 1971 RACIAL MATTERS - BLACK PANTHER PARTY Reference is made to memorandum dated July 20, 1971, at Charlotte, North Carolina, regarding captioned matter. The Black Panther Party (BPP) is a black extremist organization started in Oakland, California, in December, 1966. It advocates the use of guns and guerrilla tactics to bring about the overthrow of the United States Government, On July 24, 1971, an article appeared in the High Point Enterprise, High Point, North Carolina, a daily newspaper, announcing plans for captioned rally at 2:00 P.M., July 25, 1971, at Washington Terrace Park, noting LARRY LITTLE, a leader of ; the Winston Salem, North Carolina, chapter of the National i Committee to Combat Fascism, predicted 2,000 persons would attend rally. Its purpose was to gain moral and financial support gs. approx / wren! for the High Point Four, identified as LARRY’ MEDLEY, GEORGE E WITT, both age 16, RANDOLP! ENNINGS, age 17, and BRADFORD ROX LILLY, age 19, who were arrested February 10, 1971, at APP “Black Panther Party Headquarters, 612 Hulda Street, High Point, North Carolina, after a shoot out with police,and they are in custody at Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, awaiting trial in Superior Court, High Point, NgtEp Gerol ing. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS NEITHER RECOMMENDATIONS NOR CONCLUSIONS OF THE FBI. IT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE FBI AND IS LOANED TO YOUR AGENCY; IT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE YOUR AGENCY, Group 1 Excluded from automatic Downgrading and Declassification yubeeeny