Contents
Foreword by Clayborne Carson
Preface by Julian Bond
Introduction
Black Panther /National Anthem
1. BLACK PANTHER PARTY PLATFORM AND PROGRAM
Rules of the Black Panther Party
What We Want/What We Believe
Rules
2. THE BLACK PANTHER: VOICE OF THE PARTY
The Black Panther: Mirror of the People
A Pig
Black Lawyers
Revolutionary Art/Black Liberation
On Violence
Free by Any Means Necessary (poem)
Correcting Mistaken Ideas
The Power of the People
Black Child's Pledge
In White America Today
Editorial Statement
Revolutionary Letter # 15 (poem)
The Genius of Huey Newton
Erica's Poem
The Revolutionary Spirit of Antonio Maceo
A Black Panther Song (poem)
To the Courageous Vietnamese People, Commemorating the Death of Ho Chi Minh
The Chicago
Pigs-Panthers
On Criticism of Cuba

3. HUEY P. NEWTON SPEAKS
In Defense of Self-Defense:
Executive Mandate Number One
The Correct Handling of a Revolution
Functional Definition of Politics

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vi THE BLACK PANTHERS SPEAK Message to "Free Huey Rally," Oakland Auditorium, February 17, 1968
Huey Newton Talks to the Movement About the Black Panther Party, Cultural Nationalism, SNCC, Liberals and White Revolutionaries
Message on the Peace Movement
To the R.N.A.
Prison, Where Is Thy Victory?
4. BOBBY SEALE SPEAKS
The Ten-Point Platform and Program of the Black Panther Party
Bobby Seale Explains Panther Politics: An Interview
Black Soldiers as Revolutionaries to Overthrow the Ruling Class
Bring It Home
5. ELDRIDGE CLEAVER SPEAKS FROM EXILE
Message to Sister Erica Huggins of the Black Panther Party
The Black Man's Stake in Vietnam
An Open Letter to Stokely Carmichael
Eldridge Cleaver Discusses Revolution: An Interview from Exile
The Fascists Have Already Decided in Advance to Murder Chairman Bobby Seale in the Electric Chair: A Manifesto
6. DAVID HILLIARD SPEAKS
The Ideology of the Black Panther Party
Black Student Unions
If You Want Peace You Got to Fight for It
Interview with CBS News, December 28, 1969
7. FRED HAMPTON SPEAKS
You Can Murder a Liberator, but You Can't Murder Liberation

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8. BLACK PANTHER WOMEN SPEAK
Liberation and Political ,Assassination,by Kathleen Cleaver
On Cultural Nationalism, by Linda Harrison
The Struggle Is a World Struggle, by Connie Matthews
I Joined the Panthers, by Joan Bird
We Will Win: Letter From Prison by Afeni Shakur
A Word for Panther Parents, by Mrs. Jewel Barker
9. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
To Feed Our Children
Why the Free Breakfast?
Liberation Schools
The Youth Make the Revolution
People's Medical Care Center
Pocket Lawyer of Legal First Aid
In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King
Petition Statement for Community Control of Police
Defend the Ghetto (leaflet)
Community Discussion Groups (leaflet)
10. BLACK PANTHERS IN COURT
Bobby Seale vs. Judge Hoffman
To Judge Murtagh: From the Panther 21
Closing Remarks to the Jury by Charles R. Garry In People of California v. Huey P. Newton
11. ALLIANCES AND COALITIONS
The Black Panther Party Stands for
Revolutionary Solidarity
We Must Develop a United Front
Against Fascism (leaflet)
On Establishing a United Front with Communists
SDS Resolution on the Black Panther Party
The Young Lords Organization on the Move: Interview with Rafael Viera
Young Lords Block Street with Garbage

Young Lords Party 13-Point Program and Platform
Ten-Point Health Program of the Young Lords
The Patriot Party Speaks to the Movement
Latinos Walkout

Getting Together
Ten-Point Program and Platform of the Black Student Unions
The Black Panther Party and Revolutionary
Trade Unionism, by Ray "Masai" Hewitt
Black Caucus Program: An Interview
Petition to the United Nations
APPENDIXES

I. The Persecution of the Black Panther Party
a. The Old Rules Do Not Apply: A Survey of the
Persecution of the Black Panther Party by Charles R. Garry . . . .
b. News Release Issued by the American CIVIl Liberties Union, December 29, 1969
c. Resolution Adopted by the New York Gr?up of the Society for Philosophy and Public Affam, May 23, 1970

II. Call for Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, September 7, 1970, Philadelphia, Pa.

III. On the Defection of Eldridge Cleaver From the Black Panther Party and the Defection of the.
Black Panther Party from the Black Community by Huey P. Newton
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