Table of Contents
Foreword Barbara Ransby ix
Preface Julian Bond xxi
Introduction xxii
Black Panther National Anthem xlii
1 Black Panther Party Platform and Program Rules of the Black Panther Party 1
What We Want/What We Believe 2
Rules of the Black Panther Party 4
2 The Black Panther: Voice of the Party 7
The Black Panther: Mirror of the People 8
A Pig 14
Black Lawyers 14
Revolutionary Art/Black Liberation 16
On Violence 19
Free by Any Means Necessary (poem) 20
Correcting Mistaken Ideas 21
The Power of the People 23
Black Child's Pledge 24
In White America Today 25
Editorial Statement 26
Revolutionary Letter #15 (poem) 26
The Genius of Huey Newton 27
Erica's Poem 29
The Revolutionary Spirit of Antonio Maceo, Lives on Today in the People's Revolutionary Vanguard, the Black Panther Party, and in Our New Revolutionary Warrior Named after Him 30
A Black Panther Song (poem) 31
To the Courageous Vietnamese People, Commemorating the Death of Ho Chi Minh 32
The Chicago 8 32
Pigs-Panthers 34
On Criticism of Cuba 37
3 Huey P. Newton Speaks 39
In Defense of Self-Defense: Executive Mandate Number One 40
The Correct Handling of a Revolution 41
Functional Definition of Politics 45
Message to "Freey Huey Rally," Oakland Auditorium, February 17, 1968 47
Huey Newton Talks to the Movement About the Black Panther Party, Cultural Nationalism, SNCC, Liberals and White Revolutionaries 50
Message on the Peace Movement 67
To the R.N.A. 70
Prison, Where Is Thy Victory? 74
4 Bobby Seale Speaks 77
The Ten-Point Platform and Program of the Black Panther Party 78
Bobby Seale Explains Panther Politics: An Interview 81
Black Soldiers as Revolutionaries to Overthrow the Ruling Class 88
Bring It Home 93
5 Eldridge Cleaver Speaks From Exile 97
Message to Sister Erica Huggins of the Black Panther Party 98
The Black Man's Stake in Vietnam 100
An Open Letter to Stokely Carmichael 104
Eldridge Cleaver Discusses Revolution: An Interview from Exile 108
The Fascists Have Already Decided In Advance to Murder Chairman Bobby Seale in the Electric Chair A Manifesto 117
6 David Hilliard Speaks 121
The Ideology of the Black Panther Party 122
Black Student Unions 124
If You Want Peace You Got to Fight for It 128
Interview with CBS News, December 28, 1969 130
7 Fred Hampton Speaks 137
You Can Murder a Liberator, but You Can't Murder Liberation 138
8 Black Panther Women Speak 145
Liberation and Political Assassination, by Kathleen Cleaver 146
On Cultural Nationalism, by Linda Harrison 151
The Struggle Is a World Struggle, by Connie Matthews 154
I Joined the Panthers, by Joan Bird 159
We Will Win: Letter From Prison by Afeni Shakur 161
A Word for Panther Parents, by Mrs. Jewel Barker 164
9 Community Activities 167
To Feed Our Children 168
Why the Free Breakfast? 169
Liberation Schools 170
The Youth Make the Revolution 171
People's Medical Care Center 173
Pocket Lawyer of Legal First Aid 176
In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King 177
Petition Statement for Community Control of Police 179
Defend the Ghetto (leaflet) 180
Community Discussion Groups (leaflet) 181
10 Black Panthers in Court 183
Bobby Seale vs. fudge Hoffman 185
To Judge Murtagh: From the Panlher21 196
Closing Remarks to the Jury by Charles R. Garry in People of California v. Huey P. Newton 212
11 Alliances and Coalitions 219
The Black Panther Party Stands for Revolutionary Solidarity 220
We Must Develop a United Front Against Fascism (leaflet) 222
On Establishing a United Front with Communists 223
SDS Resolution on the Black Panther Party 225
The Young Lords Organization on the Move: Interview with Rafael Viera 229
Young Lords Block Street with Garbage 234
Young Lords Party 13-Point Program and Platform 235
Ten-Point Health Program of the Young Lords 238
The Patriot Party Speaks to the Movement 239
Latinos Walkout 243
Getting Together 245
Ten-Point Program and Platform of the Black Student Unions 246
The Black Panther Party and Revolutionary Trade Unionism 249
Black Caucus Program: An Interview 252
Petition to the United Nations 254
Appendixes 257
I The Persecution of the Black Panther Party 257
a The Old Rules Do Not Apply: A Survey of the Persecution of the Black Panther Party by Charles R. Garry 257
b News Release Issued by the American Civil Liberties 263 Union, December 29, 1969 263
c Resolution Adopted by the New York Group of the Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, May 23, 1970 265
II Call for Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, September 7, 1970, Philadelphia, PA 267
Notes 272
