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The Black Panther
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Identifier:
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Description
The Black Panther Party newspaper was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1967. The BPP newspaper was created to inform, educate and organize the people and promote the 10-Point Program and Platform. The BPP newspaper grew from a four-page newsletter to a full newspaper in about a year and about 500 issues were printed.The BPP newspaper became the No. 1 Black weekly newspaper in the country from 1968-1971, selling over 300,000 copies each week. It contained both national and international news. " - Billy X Jennings