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0 . & ~ é 4 z BLACK PANTHER PARTY ‘ : bi Py According to its officizl newspaper, the Black Panther < j Party (BPP) was started during December, 1966; in Oakland, California, to orgsnize black people so they can take control of the life, pelitics, and the destiny of the biack community, It was organized by BOSBY GEORCE SEALF, BPO Chairman, and RULY P, NIVTON, FPP Minister of Defense. NEFTON is presently serving a sentence of 2 to 15 years on a conviction of man- Slaughter in connection with the killing of an Ozkland police officer. The official] newspaper, "The Bisck Panther,” which further describes itself as the “Black Coumunity News Servico," states that the BPP advocates the use ef guns and guerrilla tactics in its revolutionzry progrum to end oppression of the blask peopie. Residents ¢f the black community are urged to arm themselves against the police who are consistently referred to in the publication as "pics" who should bs killed. “The Black Panther" issue of September 7, 1968, contains an editorial by BPP Minister of Fducation, GEORGE ~ BASON HURRAY, *hich ends with the following: "Black men. Blatk people, colared persens of Americas, revolt everyshere: frm yourselves. The only culture werth keeping is a revelutionary culture. Change. reegam everywhere. Dynamitet Black Power. Use the gun. kill the pigs everywhere.“ ae Included in the introduction te an article Sppearing ““ 4n the Gctober 5, 1968, edition cf "The Bleck Panther" is the statement, "...we will not dissent from American Government. We will overthrow it.“ Iscues cf “The Biack Panther“ regularly coatain quotations fren the eritings of Chairman “49 Tee-tung of the People's Republic of China und feature 40's statement that “political pover grows out of the barxel cf a gun." The nationz:l hesdguarters of the BPP is located at 3196 Shattuck Avenue, Ferkeley, C2loforwia., Bramthes- have been established at varacus locatiensthreughout the United States. ~-35-