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The Black Panther Newspaper


The Black Panther was the official newspaper of the Black Panther Party. It began as a four-page newsletter in Oakland, California, in 1967, and was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. It was the main publication of the party and was soon sold in several large cities across the United States, as well as having an international readership. The Blank Panther issue No. 2 The newspaper distributed information about the party's activities, and expressed through articles the ideology of the Black Panther Party, focusing on both international revolutions as inspiration and contemporary racial struggles of African Americans across the United States.

The Black Panther Party maintained a commitment to community service including various "survival programs" developed by individual chapters that, by 1969, became part of the national party's "serve the people program" to connect their commitments to basic social services with community organizing and consciousness raising. The Black Panther Party's Intercommunal News Service published The Black Panther Party Newspaper as a critical part of its consciousness raising program.

The Black Panther Party Newspaper is also known as The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, Black Panther Black Community News Service, and Black Community News Service, was published by the Black Panther Party from 1967 to 1980. The newspaper was most popular from 1968-1972, and during this time sold a hundred thousand copies a week.

An undergraduate student at San Francisco State, Judy Juanita, served as editor at The Black Panther Party Newspaper during the later 1960s. In 1969, two-thirds of Black Panther Party members were women.

In its later years it was used to rally support for members of the party who became political prisoners.

"The BPP newspaper grew from a four-page newsletter to a full newspaper in about a year and [537] issues were printed".

Circulation was national and international. From 1968 to 1971, The Black Panther Party Newspaper was the most widely read Black newspaper in the United States, with a weekly circulation of more than 300,000. It sold for 25 cents. Every Panther was required to read and study the newspaper before they could sell it. As it became nationally circulated, The Black Panther Party Newspaper national distribution center was located in San Francisco, with a distribution team led by Andrew Austin, Sam Napier, and Ellis White. Other distribution centers were in Chicago, Kansas, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle.

The copies of The Black Panther collected here were made publically available here: https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/4m7axa/a_complete_archive_of_the_black_panther_partys/ In 1968 a copyright symbol started to appear on the masthead of The Black Panther. In investigating this copyright it appears to gone into irrelevancy asnpapers were subsequently filed with regards to the ownership of the copyright with the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress. The Marxists Internet Archive will assume it has fallen into the Public Domain. We welcome any discussion of the legality of this. Please contact us.

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Black Panther: Volume 1, 1967

Vol. 1, No. 1, April 25, 1967

Vol. 1, No. 2, May 25, 1967

Vol. 1, No. 3, June 20, 1967

Vol. 1, No. 4, July 3, 1967

Vol. 1, No. 5, July 20, 1967

Vol. 1, No. 6, November 23, 1967

Black Panther: Volume 2, 1968-1969

Vol. 2, No. 2, May 4, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 3, May 18, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 5, September 7, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 6, September 14, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 7, September 28, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 8, October 5, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 9, October 12, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 9, October 19, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 10, October 26, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 11, November 2, 1968

Vol. 2, Nos. 12-14, November 16, 1968

Vol. 2, Nos. 15-17, December 7, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 18, December 21, 1968

Vol. 2, No. 19, January 4, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 20, January 15, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 21, January 25, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 22, February 2, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 23, February 17, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 24, March 3, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 25, March 9, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 26, March 16, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 27, March 23, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 28, March 31, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 29, April 6, 1969

Vol. 2, No. 30, April 20, 1969

Black Panther: Volume 3, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 1, April 27, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 2, May 4, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 3, May 11, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 4, May 19, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 5, May 25, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 6, May 31, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 7, June 7, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 8, June 14, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 9, June 21, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 10, June 28, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 11, July 5, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 12, July 12, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 13, July 19, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 14, , 1969

Vol. 3, No. 15, August 2, 1969 (issue no printed on paper is incorrect)

Vol. 3, No. 16, August 9, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 17, August 16, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 19, August 30, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 20, September 6, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 21, September 13, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 22, September 20, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 23, September 27, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 24, October 4, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 25, October 11, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 26, October 18, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 27, October 25, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 28, November 1, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 29, November 8, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 30, November 15, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 31, November 22, 1969

Vol. 3, No. 33, November 29, 1969

Black Panther: Volume 4, 1969-1970

Vol. 4, no o. 1, December 6, 1969

Vol. 4, no o. 2, December 13, 1969

Vol. 4, no o. 3, July 25, 1970 (issue no o. printed on paper is incorrect)

Vol. 4, no o. 4, December 27, 1970

Vol. 4, no o. 5, January 3, 1970

Vol. 4, no o. 6, January 10, 1970

Vol. 4, no o. 7, January 17, 1970

Vol. 4, no o. 8, January 24, 1970

Vol. 4, no o. 8, January 31, 1970 (issue no o. printed on paper is incorrect)

Vol. 4, No. 9, February 9, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 10, February 17, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 12, February 21, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 13, February 28, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 14, March 7, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 15, March 15, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 16, March 21, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 17, March 28, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 19, April 11, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 20, April 18, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 22, April 25, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 23, May 9, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 24, May 19, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 25, May 31, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 27, June 6, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 28, June 13, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 29, June 20, 1970

Vol. 4, No. 30, June 27, 1970

Black Panther: Volume 5, 1970-1971

Vol. 5, No. 1, July 4, 1970 (issue date printed on paper is incorrect)

Vol. 5, No. 2, July 11, 1970 (issue No. printed on paper is incorrect)

Vol. 5, No. 2, July 18, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 4, August 1, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 6, August 8, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 7, August 15, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 8, August 21, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 9, August 29, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 1, September 5, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 11, September 12, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 13, September 26, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 14, October 3, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 15, October 10, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 16, October 17, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 17, October 24, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 18, October 31, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 19, November 7, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 20, November 14, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 21, November 21, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 22, November 28, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 23, December 5, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 24, December 14, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 25, December 19, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 26, December 26, 1970

Vol. 5, No. 27, January 2, 1971

Vol. 5, No. 28, January 9, 1971

Vol. 5, No. 29, January 16, 1971

Vol. 5, No. 30, January 23, 1971


Black Panther: Volume 6, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 1, January 30, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 2, February 6, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 3, February 13, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 4, February 20, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 5, February 27, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 6, March , 1971

Vol. 6, 7, March , 1971

Vol. 6, 8, March , 1971

Vol. 6, 9, March , 1971

Vol. 6, No. 11, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 12, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 13, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 15, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 16, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 17, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 18, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 20, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 21, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 22, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 23, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 24, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 25, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 26, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 27, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 28, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 29, 1971

Vol. 6, No. 30, 1971


Black Panther: Volume 7, 1971-1972

Vol. 7, No. 1, August 28, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 2, September 4, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 3, September 11, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 4, September 18, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 5, September 25, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 5, October 4, 1971 (issue number printed on paper is incorrect)

Vol. 7, No. 6, October 9, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 8, October 16, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 9, October 23, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 10, October 30, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 11, November 6, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 12, November 13, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 13, November 20, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 14, November 29, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 15, December 4, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 16, December 11, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 17, December 18, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 18, December 25, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 19, January 1, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 20, January 8, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 22, January 22, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 23, January 29, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 24, February 5, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 25, February 12, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 26, February 19, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 27, February 26, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 28, March 4, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 29, March 11, 1971

Vol. 7, No. 30, March 18, 1971

Black Panther: Volume 8, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 1, March 25, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 2, April 1, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 3, April 8, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 4, April 15, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 5, April 22, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 6, April 29, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 7, May 6, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 8, May 13, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 9, May 20, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 10, May 27, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 11, June 3, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 12, June 10, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 13, June 17, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 14, June 24, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 15, July 1, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 16, July 8, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 17, July 15, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 18, July 22, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 19, July 29, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 20, August 5, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 21, August 12, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 22, August 19, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 23, August 23, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 24, September 2, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 25, September 9, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 26, September 16, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 27, September 23, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 28, September 30, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 29, October 7, 1972

Vol. 8, No. 30, October 14, 1972


Black Panther: Volume 9, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 1,October 21, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 2, October 28, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 3, November 4, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 4, November 9, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 5, November 16, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 6, November 23, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 7, November 30, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 8, December 7, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 9, December 16, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 10, December 23, 1972

Vol. 9, No. 11, December 30, 1972


Black Panther: Volume 10, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 1, May 19, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 2, May 26, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 3, June 2, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 4, June 9, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 5, June 16, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 6, June 23, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 7, June 30, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 8, July 7, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 9, July 14, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 10, July 21, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 11, July 28, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 12, August 4, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 13, August 11, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 14, August 18, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 15, August 25, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 16, September 1, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 17, September 8, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 18, September 15, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 19, September 22, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 20, September 29, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 22, October 13, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 23, October 20, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 24, October 27, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 25, November 3, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 26, November 10, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 27, November 17, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 28, November 24, 1973

Vol. 10, No. 30, December 8, 1973


Black Panther: Volume 11, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 2, January 5, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 3, January 12, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 4, January 19, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 5, January 26, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 6, February 2, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 7, February 9, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 8, February 16, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 9, February 23, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 10, March 2, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 11, March 9, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 12, March 16, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 13, March 23, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 14, March 30, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 15, April 6, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 16, April 13, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 17, April 20, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 18, April 27, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 19, May 4, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 20, May 11, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 21, May 18, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 22, May 25, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 23, June 8, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 24, June 15, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 25, June 29, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 27, July 6, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 28, July 13, 1974

Vol. 11, No. 29, July 20, 1974


Black Panther: Volume 12, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 2, August 3, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 3, August 10, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 4, August 17, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 5, August 24, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 6, August 31, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 7, September 7, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 8, September 14, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 9, September 21, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 10, September 28, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 11, October 5, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 12, October 12, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 13, October 19, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 14, October 26, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 15, November 2, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 16, November 9, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 17, November 16, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 18, November 23, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 19, November 30, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 20, December 7, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 21, December 14, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 22, December 21, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 23, December 28, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 24, January 4, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 25, January 11, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 26, January 18, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 27, January 25, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 28, February 1, 1974

Vol. 12, No. 30, February 15, 1974


Black Panther: Volume 13, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 1, February, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 2, March 1, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 3, March 8, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 4, March 15, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 5, March 22, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 6, March 29, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 7, April 5, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 8, April 12, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 9, April 10, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 10, April 28, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 11, May 5, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 12, May 12, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 13, May 19, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 14, May 26, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 15, June 2, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 16, June 9, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 17, June 16, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 18, June 23, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 19, June 30, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 20, July 7, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 21, July 14, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 22, July 21, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 23, July 28, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 24, August 4, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 25, August 11, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 26, August 18, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 27, August 25, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 28, September 1, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 29, September 8, 1975

Vol. 13, No. 30, September 15, 1975


Black Panther: Volume 14, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 1, September 22, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 2, September 29, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 3, October 6, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 4, October 14, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 5, October 18, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 6, October 25, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 7, November 1, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 9, November 15, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 10, November 22, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 12, December 6, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 13, December 13, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 14, December 20, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 15, December 27, 1975

Vol. 14, No. 16, January 3, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 17, January 10, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 18, January 17, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 19, January 24, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 20, January 31, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 21, February 7, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 22, February 14, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 23, February 21, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 24, February 28, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 25, March 6, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 26, March 13, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 27, March 20, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 28, March 27, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 29, April 3, 1976

Vol. 14, No. 30, April 10, 1976

Black Panther: Volume 15, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 1, April 17, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 2, April 24, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 3, May 1, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 4, May 8, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 5, May 15, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 6, May 22, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 7, May 29, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 8, June 5, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 9, June 12, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 10, June 19, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 11, June 26, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 12, July 3, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 13, July 10, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 14, July 17, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 15, July 24, 1976

Vol. 15, No. 17, August , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 18, August , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 19, August , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 20, August , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 21, September , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 22, September , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 23, September , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 24, September , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 25, October , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 26, October , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 27, October , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 28, October , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 29, October , 1976

Vol. 15, No. 30, November , 1976