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Black Panther Party — Part 31
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA,
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
individuals in Charlotte and Greensboro, North Carolina, whom
he said were impersonating Panthers. LEE left the impression
that he would seek some sort of vengeance regarding them. The
speakers refused to answer questions at the end of the speeches.
The meeting ended at 11:40 p.m., and no incidents occurred.
On September 19, 1969, CE T-2 advised that on September
17, 1969, HOWARD FULLER, JAMES LEE, and BOBBY LEE, Field Secretary
for the Illinois BPP, were observed at the Counterorientation
Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel] Hill, North
Carolina. The crowd contained approximately 20 black people and
the rest were white. BOBBY LEE spoke about the Black Panther
Party and the Black Panther Party Program, indicating that persons
posing as Panthers in North Carolina were not affiliated with the
national organization. JAMES LEE spoke briefly that the black
man should not join the white man, and ADOLPH REED spoke of the
cafeteria strike at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
during the spring of 1969.
A collection for the Malcolm X Liberation University
was taken at the meeting, and it appeared that over $100 was
received, but no specific amount was reported.
On the night of September 17, 1969, HOWARD FULLER
spoke in the Great Hall of the University of North Carolina,
to. a standing-room-only crowd, which included only about ten
Negro students. FULLER arrived at the meeting accompanied by
CATHERINE HARGROVE. The text of FULLER's speech was how a few
business Organizations which he identified to include the tobacco
companies, power companies, and banks controlled all activity
in Durham, North Carolina, resulting in oppression to the Negro
people and their economy. FULLER said the Negroes did not need
white assistance for anything. He said that the Negroes were
no longer going to be good Negroes, and then he refused to tell
the whites what the Negroes intended to do.
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