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i Pen Pe tee 1 “4 i yd eg oe Tus Ve art 3 oe ie ryt ad " a ee ee 4 tin q Bt eh te eda ees “debbie avy PRE ot a LRT mg OLR TE EE ce Py A To beet TE Me ey a we 1 i CE 157-6171 The article concluded by noting LARRY LITTLE’s anger with what he feels as the lack of the city’s attention toward the North Ward community which encompasses BPP Headquarters and feels that the city should impose better drug counseling and rehabilitation programs, better manpower ° programs for youth, and a citizen review committee to look into claims of police brutality. Of primary importance to the BPP is the Party itself will flourish. "We're determined to be a very influential force in this community," LITTLE says. , On the evening of February 25, 1974, a report on the Winston Salem, North Carolina, BPP’s free ambulance program with anchorman JOHN CHANCELLOR was shown on the NBC nightly news television program. The report lasted three and one-half minutes and was shown to a nationwide audience and was shown at the end of the news program as a humen interest angle. on : The report began with films of a shoot-out between Black Panthers and Winston Salem, North Carolina, police officers which occurred in January, 1971, and thereafter concentrated on the efforts by the Black Panthers to obtain a franchise in Winston Salem to operate their ambulance service, and thereafter the report dealt with the actual operation of the free ambulance showing BPP members assisting members of the black community. The report included a brief interview with LARRY LITTLE, leader of the BPP in Winston Salem, while he drove the BPP ambulance ; , on a regular run. The NBC television network has a Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia, and the correspondent assigned to the Atlanta District by the name of KENLEIGH JONES on a daily basis contacts all NBC television affiliates in an effort to obtain any news of value to the nation as a whole. JONES made inquiry regarding the matter approximately four months ago, prior to the initiation of the free ambulance program, at which time he was advised that such a program was in the works and might be an interesting story in view of the fact that the BPP in the past has been noted for its violence and this is a complete reversal of past operation of the BPP in Winston Salem. e network then began efforts to film such a report and follow the progress of the ambulance program during its stages from efforts to obtain a franchise through actual operation. L er oF r= et -12- 7 ert eee eee oe eathe e ey sm a ae i rh a ir bd oe ee ee em Fa ke TN Le mune Te ete a ee