Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
BLACK MARKETER (Continued) which some sources state was ignited by an exploding tear gas carinistex, others that it was deliberately set by cops after teax gas and bullets failed to route the Panthers from their makeshift fortxess . Tn the end, facing ovexwhelming odds of some three doaen cops armed to the teeth and with moxe qn the way, the Panthers finally decfded to surxender . With searchlights : ;.; beaming from seemingly every dirertion, Bobby Hutton, BPP treasurer, emerged first from the bullet-ridden house . His hands were high in the air . His eyes smaxted f~ron the sting of teax gas . Then the cops ordered him to run towards one of the squad bars . And as he did, one of the beasts hollered, "He has a gun :" They smacked their lips as they opene~., . :fire on this unarmed Black youth':, arsd little Bobby Huttan, blood pouxing from the bullet wounds in his body, fell to the earth, murdered by the beast . He was only 17 yeaxs old . Eventually, Wendell Wells and ~3J .dridge Cleaver, BPP Minister of Information, emerged from the house, where they were taken into custody by the beast . As soon as they were taken away from the-site of the bat tle, both were severly beaten by the beast ~cops in spite of their injuries . w A11 in all, 8 Panthers were arrested by the beast, and : charged .with sevexal counts of "as- . sault wittiY n~Cent :,~o cammit~ ;;xnurder" and had bail - §et , ~t $40,000 . Cleav- :~ ::. rr er had: ;. been charged-'v with three ,, count~::j . with bail set~'at $63,;,000 . At the time of .th s writi.n c~, the :~~~ Panthers have succeeded in cjett ng . ; . ~;,~ , only one Brother, ~~Wendell : Wells, .~, :. xeleased . BLACK POWER : PAGE 4 / The House of Umoja (Unity) expresses / / condolences to the family end friends / / of L3obby James Hutton (1950-1968) / / and the other ambushed Black Panther / / Party Membexs . / / THEIR BLOOD W K.L BE' REMEMBERED . / ~~~~~a~~~~~~~~a~~~~~~~~*~~*~~ SWAHILI LESSON Kwaheri ` r`v, Good-by Chad Tea `w : Nyumbani ~ House Ka,ka ~ 01dex brother, IGarama Gra;~`fous, p Katili Cruel Kikaka Rush ; hurry '~'Kilaj ~3 Food KiKoa Co-op~xation ; a te,~mm Kitisho A threat Utamu . ., Sweetness . Sixau y:~f ;~,; ~ . Telephone mido.~+p, ; .~ , :z . . Ororo Tender Taksi Taxi A kukolea ~ Tasty .Upendo- ~, ` Love Chakula cha adhuhuri Lunch!
TH1C BLACK MARKETER BLACK PCTUJER : PAGE S B ~~. C~ ~ N L~-i HER. o i~ Being a man is the continuing battle of one's life, one loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of a.:r. ;x power in which one does not bel~eveg No slave should die a natural death fhexe is a point where cau~;:io~a ends and co~rardice begins . Everyday tam in prison I will refuse both food and water . My hunger is for the liberation of my people ; my~ thirst is for the ending of oppression . I am a political prisoner, jailed for my belie 'e that Black people must be free . The government has taken a po:~ ~ .~. :4 4.n true to its facist nature . Those who they cannot convert a they :`~.~:a.fi~~, silence . This government has become the enemy of mankind . Death can no longer alter our path to freedom . For our people, death has been the only known exit from slavery and oppression . We must open others . Our will to live must no longer supersede our will to fight, fox our fighting will determine if our race shall live . Ta desire freedom is not enough . We must move from resistance to aggression, from revolt to revolution . For every black death, there must be ten dead racist cops . For every Max Stanford and Huey Newton, there must be ten Detroits, and for every Orangeburg, there must be a Dien Bien Phu . Brothers and Sisters, and all oppressed people, we must prepare ourselves both mentally and physically, for the major confr~~ntation is yet to come . We must fight : It is the people who in the final analysis make and determine history, not leaders or systems . The 1~~.ws to govern us must be made by us . May the deaths of '68 signal the beginning of the end fox this country. I do what I must out of the love for my people . My will is to fight ; my resistance is not enough . Aggression is the order of the day . (Continued on next page)
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TH1C BLACK MARKETER BLACK PCTUJER : PAGE S<br />
B ~~. C~ ~ N<br />
L~-i HER.<br />
o i~<br />
Being a man is the continuing battle <strong>of</strong> one's life, one loses a bit <strong>of</strong><br />
manhood with every stale compromise to the authority <strong>of</strong> a.:r. ;x power in<br />
which one does not bel~eveg No slave should die a natural death fhexe<br />
is a point where cau~;:io~a ends and co~rardice begins . Everyday tam in<br />
prison I will refuse both food and water .<br />
My hunger is for the liberation <strong>of</strong> my people ; my~ thirst is for the<br />
ending <strong>of</strong> oppression . I am a political prisoner, jailed for my belie 'e<br />
that <strong>Black</strong> people must be free . The government has taken a po:~ ~ .~. :4 4.n<br />
true to its facist nature . Those who they cannot convert a they :`~.~:a.fi~~,<br />
silence . This government has become the enemy <strong>of</strong> mankind .<br />
Death can no longer alter our path to freedom . For our people, death<br />
has been the only known exit from slavery and oppression . We must open<br />
others . Our will to live must no longer supersede our will to fight,<br />
fox our fighting will determine if our race shall live .<br />
Ta desire freedom is not enough . We must move from resistance to aggression,<br />
from revolt to revolution . For every black death, there must<br />
be ten dead racist cops . For every Max Stanford and Huey Newton, there<br />
must be ten Detroits, and for every Orangeburg, there must be a Dien<br />
Bien Phu .<br />
Brothers and Sisters, and all oppressed people, we must prepare ourselves<br />
both mentally and physically, for the major confr~~ntation is yet<br />
to come . We must fight : It is the people who in the final analysis<br />
make and determine history, not leaders or systems . The 1~~.ws to govern<br />
us must be made by us .<br />
May the deaths <strong>of</strong> '68 signal the beginning <strong>of</strong> the end fox this country.<br />
I do what I must out <strong>of</strong> the love for my people . My will is to fight ; my<br />
resistance is not enough . Aggression is the order <strong>of</strong> the day .<br />
(Continued on next page)