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pe ee te Leena Student Non-Violent Coordinating Internal Security - SNCC “ The article stated: -"Militant Negro leaders hammered at the themes of ae black unity and alleged white oppression last night from. Fu cn eet: a Harlem speaker's platform guarded by uniformed members _ of the city's new Black Panther Party." Max Stanford, who was described as a member of the newly organized "Black Panther Party" (BPP) spoke, stating that black men must unite in overthrowing their white. oppressors but must do it "like panthers - smiling, cunning, scientifically ... striking by night and sparing no one." Stanford said that the BPP is supporting a boycott. of two Harlem schools on September 12, 1966, and urged those present at the rally to "come into the streets with us on September 12." Max Stanford is characterized in the characterization ~ of the Revolutionary Action tovement (RAM) attached hereto. ~ j i Stokely Carmichael spoke from a platform in the Mount horris Presbyterian Church in Harlem at this rally held on August 29, 1966, at which six members of the BPP, each wearing black shirts, black pants and black panther’ emblems guarded “the platform. In his speech, Carmichael criticized the war in Vietnam and urged "black peopie” to ~ unite with nonwhites all over the world. He also said, "We can't talk about freedom any longer. w#e have to talk about liberation. ... "In Cleveland they're building stores with no... windows. All brick. I don't know what they think they will accomplish. It just means we have to move from Molotov. - cocktails to dynamite." : SES te ere LR ee bene Og EE RT RDO BER eS kl Dn ee ges cee