BOBBY SEALE, BOBBY HUTTON, HUEY NEWTON, ET AL. 183 Black Panther newspapers.while unusually complete, not a consecutive run. California: Black Panther Party: 20 December, 1969 through 28 July, 1975
A large and unusually rich run of the official organ of the Black Panther Party. Includes a number of the "Supplements" and centerfold posters, for the most part created by Emory Douglas, the Panthers' Minister of Information. In 1968 and 1969, membership in the Party grew, as did confrontations with the police. During this time the Panthers stepped up their activities within the black community, instituting sickle-cell testing, and free lunches. At the same time, the FBI stepped up their infiltration of the group, and violent confrontations became more and more common. This group of 183 issues of the Black Panther Paper provides a rare opportunity to read week by week, day by day the history of the Panther Party as it unfolded, from the voices of its own writers.
