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: oe Sine age 0s pia, RE: BLACK PANTHER PARTY with a protest rally led by BEN CHAVIS, Wi. to protest the ten demands being made against the university officials and to get recognition of a black student organization on the campus. The constitution and demands made on the university follow the ten-point program for black student unions as set out in the Black Panther newspaper Ay, During QED «ported that BEN CHAVIS, Minister of Information for the group at Charlotte, North © a: ‘ advised that JEROME JOHNSON had not been successful in establishing an affiliation with the BPP of California. reported that this delay in obtaining a charter was due to a purge being conducted within the national BPP to get rid of informants and undesirable characters. aa stated that the only officers are JEROME JOHNSON, who nolds the position of Area Capiain, and BENJAMIN FPAMKLIN CHAVIS, UR., who has been designated as the Minister of Information. ; advised that the rally was held at Freedom Park, Chariotte, North Carolina, on Sunday afternoon, June 22, 1969, beginning at approximately 3:00 P.M. The rally started with 18 Negroes, four of “them females, 211 dressed in Black Panther regalia and marching to the speaker's stand in columns of twos. As these Negroes marched to the speaker's stand they counted cadence, shouted : “Power to the People", periodically yviving the Black Power salute." we stated that BENJAMIN CHAVIS acted as MC during the rally and introduced the speakers. One speaker was VERONICA HAGANS, a member of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, who spoke for approximately four minutes on the theme of police brutality. JAMES COVINGTON was then introduced as an individtial who had recently been released from Federal custoly and could speak with authority on police brutality. Thereafter, JOUN LUNSFORD was introduced as a representative of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and he also spoke concerning police brutality, and the support of the SDS for the Negro and any other minority race which was being victimized by the police ( -~2—- E : ~- Seem ee cen ee em i a — cea ~ . me - . ~ - . _ -_- De. et oN we - . : > we a a re ~ . : awe, te tae ; a ee ee ee a ae ee qe Toe -. ar &: aan <4 ae ee ML Oe eet ot Try: 2 ne ee me er Ae wn ie wet ee Te ne al ad _ ot ew . . eo wf we Fe ee ae ans ee int eye »” &- entry Ole eo A er