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- fo, Lo: “ UNI ..D STATES DEPARTMENT OF )c3TICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ‘ In Reply, Please Refer to Charlotte, North Carolina File No. September 16, 1974 BLACK PANTHER PARTY (BPP) LUHIBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA EXTREMIST MATTER - BLACK PANTHER PARTY “UBD OF SLL DoT CT Sg TION wa on aS CE T-1 stated that on that date, RUSSELL EDVWARD\HC DONALD, who was formerly associated with the Black Panthek Party (BPP) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was making inquiries to determine if there were pany BPP activities in the Lumberton, North Carolina, area. { j cee bs aa brats a=” nel aaa Rt AR. +8852 Rabie pe toe A CAVERN G I Rg zO Se IO IE A characterization of the BPP is attached as an ; appendix to this memorandum. hy ef CE T-2 advised on January 11, 1974, that a meeting was held by MC DONALD in Lumberton, North Carolina, ostensibly for the purpose of organizing a BPP chapter, but CE T-2 believed that the real prrpose of the meeting was to insure the el , CE T-l stated on cers pen eprom that at a meeting of Negroes on the night of ary %, » MC DONALD stated he tried to form an organization similiar to the BPP in Vinston-Salem because such an organization would give Negroes greater economic power and also enable them to obtain additio benefits from the City of Lumberton. 7 aah, ate Rg Siglo Sng a 1 ong ERD INE ei : Pr 51 Lieth THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS NEITHER RECO MENDATIONS NOR CONCLUSIONS OF THE FBI. IT 5S THE PROPERTY OF THE FBI AND IS LOANED TO YOUR AGENCY; IT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE YOUR AGENCY. a 7 SOURCES WIOSE IDENTITIES ARE CONCEALED HEREIN AVE FURNISHED RELIABLE INFOR- MATION IN THE PAST EXCEPT “MERE OTHERVISE NOTED. yh bbb Ts > Filo 7 TT : atte tt a t \ ob vie APRN A ea eae ype ee, 6 bb deat ah Seg tM MS pe gt ee, PA eR ee cam ne agg Rem ee men re mete gence gee ome I A am apa e es tyes pe mame pee arm