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BPP_NoCal

In September 1966, members of RAM chapter organized the Black Panther Party for Northern California in San Francisco, the first official chapter in California. After leaving RAM and continuing on with permission in the Panther name, October 15th, 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party For Self Defense (BPPSD), in Oakland, CA, with the immediate focus on “the brothers on the block and Self-Defense against Police brutality.”  

Documents

Speakers Kit Speakers Kit
Publisher: The John Brown Society of BerkeleyDate: 5/1968Volume Number: MayFormat: MonographCollection: BPP_NoCal
Paper describing BPP and the Black Community in N.CA
Ministry of Information Black Paper Ministry of Information Black Paper
Author: Kathleen CleaverPublisher: Black Panther Party for Self-DefenseDate: 1/31/1968Volume Number: Jan 31Format: PamphletCollection: BPP_NoCal
Position of BPP re: 7th C.D. election and candidacy of John George in Democratic Party
Memo to the Press Memo to the Press
Publisher: Peace and Freedom MovementDate: 4/8/1968Volume Number: Apr 8Format: Press ReleaseCollection: BPP_NoCal
Press release re: Bobby Hutton's murder and wounding/arrest of Eldridge Cleaver, murder of Dr. King; transcript of press conference; one-page joint statement by Peace & Freedom Movement and BPP: "In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King
Memo from Grattan Club Publicity Memo from Grattan Club Publicity
Author: Isabel HansonPublisher: Grattan Club PublicityDate: 5/1968Volume Number: MayFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: BPP_NoCal
Memo to KPFA that Kathleen Cleaver will speak at Grattan School Auditorium on "Defense for the Black Panthers is defense for us all" on May 16th, and Merven Garson, 5th C.D. candidate will speak on goals and platform of Peace and Freedom Party
Whites for Bobby Seale and Elaine Brown Whites for Bobby Seale and Elaine Brown
Publisher: White Community Committee to Elect Bobby Seale and Elaine BrownDate: 2/17/1968Volume Number: Feb 17Format: FlyerCollection: BPP_NoCal
Community Meeting re: Seale running for Oakland Mayor and Brown running for Councilwoman, and Voter Registration Class
May 2nd BPP Day May 2nd BPP Day
Format: FlyerCollection: BPP_NoCal
May 2-Black Panther Day: Support Bobby Seale, Caravan to Sacramento, Support Eldridge Cleaver, Free Black People Rally; May 3-Free Huey at courthouse; June 5-15-Int'l Days of Black Revolutionary Protect; June 10-Free Huey march and demo at Alameda County Courthouse
Press Release Press Release
Date: 3/21/1969Volume Number: Mar 21Format: Press ReleaseCollection: BPP_NoCal
Press release re: April 19th conference in Oakland re: community-worker alliance between BPP and League of Revolutionary Black Workers of Detroit
Bobby Hutton Memorial Service Bobby Hutton Memorial Service
Date: 4/1969Volume Number: AprilFormat: FlyerCollection: BPP_NoCal
Service and rally at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, with speakers: Bobby Seale, Kathleen Cleaver, David Hilliard, Charles Garry, Masai Hewitt
Letter re parole of David Hilliard Letter re parole of David Hilliard
Publisher: Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan & BrotskyDate: 9/15/1972Volume Number: Sept 15Format: CorrespondenceCollection: BPP_NoCal
Letter to CA Adult Authority to parole David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of Black Panther Party.
Fact Sheet on David Hilliard, Chief of Staff, Black Panther Party Fact Sheet on David Hilliard, Chief of Staff, Black Panther Party
Format: MonographCollection: BPP_NoCal
Information sheet to assist people who want to write letters of support for parole of David Hilliard