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Black Panther Party — Part 13
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BLACK PANTHER PARTY,
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According to its official newspaper, the Black Panther
Party (BPP) was started during December. 1966, in Oakland,
Catifornia, to organize black people so they can take control of
the life, politics and the destiny of the black community. It
Was organ.zed by Bobby Seale, BPP Chairman. and Huey P. Newton,
BPP Minis‘er of Defense. Kewton was sentenced in 1968 to serve
2 to 15 years after being convicted of manslaughter, in connection
with the killing oJ an Oakland police officer
The official newspaper. "The Black Pantnery ."' which
further describes itself as the "Black Community News Service,"
states that the BPP advocates the use of guns and pucrrilla
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black people. Residents of tie brack community are urged to
arm themselves aparnst the police who are consistently referred
to in the publication as “pigs who should be kilted
"The Black Panther" issue of September 7. 1968, con-
tains an editorial) by BPP Minister of Education. Ceorpge Mason
Murray. which ends with the following:
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Incdiuded an the introduction te an article appearing in
the Octobcr 5, 1968, editior of "The Black Fanther"™ is the statement
"...we will not dissent from American Government We w1ll overthrow
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Issucs of "The Black Panther"™ regulariyv contain quotations
from the vritings of Chairman Mao Tsv-tune of the Peaple's Republic
of Chinn tnd feature Mao's statement that "political power grows out
of the barrel of a gun."
The national headquarters of the BYP is located at 3106
Shattuck Avenue. Berkeley, California Bram hes have been established
at ovarious locations throavehoaut the United States
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