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The Black Panther
The Black Panther
The Black Panther
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"We knew from the beginning how critical it was to have our own publication, to set forth our agenda for freedom...to urge change, to use the pen alongside the sword," writes David Hilliard in the preface to this stunning collection of pages from the original groundbreaking editions of the Black Panther Party's official news organ and original essays by Hilliard, Elaine Brown, Dr. Stan Oden, Craig Laurence Rice, Kumasi, and Joshua Bloom.

First called The Black Panther Community News Service and then The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service (BPINS), the weekly periodical was nationally and internationally distributed. It was "sold in small stores in black communities, through subscriptions, and, mostly, on the streets by dedicated Party members," writes Brown, a party leader and author of A Taste of Power, in this edition.

In its heyday, the Party sold several hundred thousand copies of the newspaper per week and was highly regarded for the quality of its content by media professionals and its legion of readers alike. It ultimately became the most influential independent black newspaper in the United States, known not only for its fearless reportage and analysis but its stunning photographs and illustrations, including provocative and humorous political cartoons.

Published in time to mark the 40th anniversary of the BPINS, this book is, at once, an invaluable document of a little-known aspect of American history and a celebration of one of the most stunning accomplishments of a cultural and political movement that changed the nation. The original DVD, included in the back of the book, makes this a multimedia package that readers across generations can appreciate, documenting events and leaders of the past who still resonate and influence culture and politics today.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAtria Books
Release dateJun 30, 2008
ISBN9781416552895
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    The Black Panther - David Hilliard

    DVD CREDITS:

    The Black Panther

    A film by Black Panther Productions

    Directed by David Hilliard

    Produced by Fredrika Newton & David Hilliard

    Edited by James Calhoun

    Editing consultants: Roger Williams & Peter Smith

    Music supervisor: Black Panther Records

    Music produced & performed by James Calhoun, Dorion Hilliard & The BPFugitives

    Newspaper scans by Mark Weiman/Regent Press

    All songs available on Black Panther Records releases:

    Black Panther Fugitives

    All of Us (2001) and …Baadasssss Soundtrack (2005)

    www.blackpanthertours.com

    Copyright © 2007 The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation

    ATRIA BOOKS

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    Copyright © 2007 by David Hilliard

    All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Atria Books Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

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    Book packaging by Snow Lion Graphics, Berkeley/Hong Kong

    Book design and production by Mark Weiman/Regent Press

    Manufactured in the United States of America

    10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    The Black panther : intercommunal news service.

    p.   cm.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    1. Black panther. 2. Black Panther Party—Newspapers—History. 3. Black Panther Party—History. 4. African Americans—Politics and government—20th century. 5. African Americans—Civil rights—History—20th century. 6. Civil rights movements—United States—History—20th century. 7. Civil rights movements—History—20th century. 8. African Americans—California—Oakland—Politics and government—20th century. 9. African Americans—Services for—California—Oakland—History—20th century. 10. Oakland (Calif.)—Race relations—History—20th century. I. Black panther.

    E185.615.B545 2007

    070.4′49322420973—dc22

    2007011238

    ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-3259-0 (alk. paper)

    eiISBN: 978-1-416-55289-5

    ISBN-10:   1-4165-3259-5 (alk. paper)

    Contents

    DAVID HILLIARD: PREFACE

    ELAINE BROWN: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEWSPAPER OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY

    DR. STAN ODEN: POWER TO THE PEOPLE

    CRAIG L. RICE: ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE

    KUMASI: PANTHER POLITICS CAUSE MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN PRISON CENSORSHIP

    JOSHUA BLOOM: IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON COPIES OF THE BLACK PANTHER NEWSPAPER

    VOLUME 1, No. 1, April 25, 1967

    VOLUME 2, No. 10, October 26, 1968

    VOLUME 2, No. 19, January 4, 1969

    VOLUME 2, No. 23, February 17, 1969

    VOLUME 2, No. 24, March 3, 1969

    VOLUME 2, No. 26, March 16, 1969

    VOLUME 3, No. 2, May 4, 1969

    VOLUME 3, No. 6, May 31, 1969

    VOLUME 3, No. 7, June 7, 1969

    VOLUME 3, No. 8, June 14, 1969

    VOLUME 3, No. 10, June 28, 1969

    VOLUME 3, No. 14, August 2, 1969

    VOLUME 4, No. 2, December 13, 1969

    VOLUME 4, No. 15, March 15, 1970

    VOLUME 5, No. 30, January 23, 1971

    VOLUME 6, No. 7, March 13, 1971

    VOLUME 7, No. 4, September 18, 1971

    VOLUME 8, No. 2, April 1, 1972

    HANDBILL INSERT, May 20, 1972

    VOLUME 8, No. 4, April 15, 1972

    VOLUME 8, No. 10, May 27, 1972

    VOLUME 8, No. 14, June 24, 1972

    VOLUME 8, No. 16, July 8, 1972

    VOLUME 8, No. 29, October 7, 1972

    VOLUME 9, No. 7, November 30, 1972

    VOLUME 9, No. 9, December 16, 1972

    VOLUME 9, No. 11, December 30, 1972

    VOLUME 9, No. 20, March 3, 1973

    VOLUME 9, No. 21, March 10, 1973

    VOLUME 10, No. 3, June 2,

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