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Black Panthers Digital Collection

Including party publications and writings by founder Huey P. Newton, as well as conservative responses denouncing its communist affiliations, the collection illuminates the ideological foundations of the party whose controversial methods have sparked discussion about the relationship between violent protest and police brutality.

Items in the Black Panthers collection:
Sample image of An Introduction to the Black Panther Party
An Introduction to the Black Panther Party
Ann Arbor: Radical Education Project, 1969
The John Brown Society
Sample image of Are These Cats Red?
Are These Cats Red?
Pineville, La.: Conservative Society of America, c1969
Courtney, Kent
Sample image of Baltimore Panther Trial News
Baltimore Panther Trial News
Baltimore, MD: Committee to Defend Political Prisoners, 1971
Author Unknown
Sample image of Black Liberation
Black Liberation
Ann Arbor, Mich.: Radical Education Project, 196?
Ofari, Earl
Sample image of Black Panther Party: file of clippings, pamphlets, and miscellanea
Black Panther Party: file of clippings, pamphlets, and miscellanea
[?]: [?], [196-?]
Author Unknown
Sample image of Capitalism Plus Dope Equals Genocide
Capitalism Plus Dope Equals Genocide
[New York?]: [Black Panther Party?], 1970
Tabor, Michael
Sample image of Credo For Rioters and Looters
Credo For Rioters and Looters
S.1.: Black Panther Party, 1969?
Cleaver, Eldridge
Sample image of Essays From the Minister of Defense
Essays From the Minister of Defense
s.1.: s.n., 1968
Newton, Huey P.
Sample image of Huey Newton Talks to the Movement
Huey Newton Talks to the Movement
San Fransisco: The Society, 1968
Students for a Democratic Society
Sample image of Joan Bird's Statement, October 1969
Joan Bird's Statement, October 1969
New York?: Women's Committee to free Joan Bird?, 1970?
Bird, Joan
Sample image of Message to the Black Movement
Message to the Black Movement
[s.1.]: The Army, [197-]
Black Liberation Army: Coordinating Committee
Sample image of The Black Panther Party and the Case of the New York 21
The Black Panther Party and the Case of the New York 21
New York: [s.n.], 1970
Author Unknown
Sample image of The Genius of Huey P. Newton
The Genius of Huey P. Newton
San Fransisco: Ministry of Information, Black Panther Party, 1970
Newton, Huey P.
Sample image of What do the Panther's Stand For?
What do the Panther's Stand For?
New York: Committee to Defend the Panther 21, [1970]
Author Unknown