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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

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
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
Press Release Press Release
Date: 12/5/1972Volume Number: Dec 5Format: Press ReleaseCollection: BPP_NoCal
For 12/5/72 press conference in Capitol Press Room, Sacramento with signers supporting his release, such as Assemblymen John Miller and Kenneth Meade, Sen. George Moscone, Ossie Davis, Jean Genet, Judy Collins, Benjamin Spock, etc.
Whites Coordinate Actions Against Racism Whites Coordinate Actions Against Racism
Publisher: Coordinating Committee Against RacismDate: 5/10/1968Volume Number: May 10Format: Press ReleaseCollection: BPP_NoCal
Coordinating Committee Against Racism (CCAR)'s first unified action, National Police Week, 5/13-18/1968
Joint Release Joint Release
Publisher: Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, Brown-Black Coalition of Peace and Freedom Movement, BPP, Peace and Freedom Party-Northern Regional OfficeDate: 4/29/1968Volume Number: Apr 29Format: Press ReleaseCollection: BPP_NoCal
Re: arrest of Reies Tijerina, VP candidate of Peace and Freedom Party