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American Friends Service Committee — Part 23
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the. BPP was started during December, 1966, in Oakland,
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i of the life, politics, and the destiny of the black comnunity. :
It was organized by Bobby G. Seale, BPP Chairman, and Huey P. ; ;
gu. Newton, Minister of Defense, BPP. cece nee!
“The official newspaper, called "The Black Panther,”
regularly states that the BPP advocates the use of guns and
guerrilla tactics in its revolutionary program to end
oppression of the black people. Residents of the biack
community are urged _toa arm themselves against the police who
are consistently referre ed to as "pigs" who should be killed.
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 yourselves. The
only culture worth keeping is revolutionary culture.
Change. Freedom everywhere. : Dynamite! Black power.
Use the gun. Kill the pigs everywhere."
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The BPP newspaper, issue of October 5, 1968, had
an article introduced with the following statement: "We will
not dissent from American government. We will overthrow it."
David Hilliard, Chief of Staff, BPP, in a speech
at the San Francisco Polo Field on November 15, 1969, said
"We will kill Richard Nixon." a
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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 by way of force and
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