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Black Panther Party — Part 33
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BLACK PANTHER PARTY (BPP),
also known as
Black Paniher Party for Self-Defense
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According to the official newspaper of the BPP. the bed
BPP was started during December 195C in Oakland. California, to organize e
black people so they can take control of the life politics. and the i
Edestiny of the black community. “It was organized by BGESY G. SEALE, BPP
(Chairman, and HUEY P. NEWTON, Minisier of Desense, BPP. :
The official newspaper, called “The Black Panther," regularly states ‘
that che BPP advocates the use of guns and guerrilla tactics in its
revolutionary program to end oppression of the black people. Residents .
of the black community are urged to arm themselves against the police who a
are consistently referred to as “pigs” who should be killed. Fs
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The newspaper, in its issue of September 7, 1968, had an article by
the then Minister of Education, GEORGE MURRAY. This article ended with
the following:
“Black men. Black people, colored persons of America, revolt
everywhere! Arm yoursc}ves. The only culture worih keeping
is revolutionary culture. Change. Freedom everywhere.
Dynamite! Black power. Use the gun. Kill the pigs everywhere.” ae
The BPP newspaper, issue of October 5, 1968, had an article introduced
with the following statement: "We will not dissent from American govern-
Winent. We will overthrow it."
4 DAVID HILLIARD, Chief of Staff, BPP, in a speech at the San Francisco
Polo Field on November 15, 199, said "We will kill Richard Nixon."
DAVID HILLIARD, in the "New York Times," issue of December 13, 1969,
was quoted as follows: "We advocate the very direct overthrow of the
$ government hy way of force and violence."
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- In the tssue of Apri! 25, 1°70, the RPE newspaper had an article by
"Minister of Culture EMORY DOUGLAS as follows: :
"The only way to make is racist US government administer
justice i9 the people it is oppressing, is...by taking up
arms against chis government, killing the officials, until
the reaczionary forces. .are dead, and those that are left
turn their weapons on their superiors, thereby passing
revolucionary jucrenent against tne number one enemy of al}
mankind, the recist U.S. governmeni."
The BPP headquarters is iccated at 1046 Peralta Street, Oakland,
California. Rranchkes of the #PP, ard Committees to Combat Fascism, under
control of the CPP have been estabjisned in various locations in the USA.
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