The Black Panther: Black Community News Service. Vol. 2, no. 21 (February 2, 1969)

Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1969. 24p. illus. tabloid. Horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. There were two issues numbered vol. 2 no. 21; this was the second.

Issued after the killing of Bunchy Carter and John Jerome Huggins by members of Ron Karenga's "US" organization (both men are depicted in a centerfold poster). Cover art depicts two Panthers holding the leaders of US at gunpoint. An article inside describes the killers as "cowardly snakes" and "pork chops," describing Karenga (creator of Kwanzaa) as a "bigmouth, fat-lipping punk... paid by the power structure to infiltrate all Black Power Conferences..." It goes on to promise retaliation. "The Panthers don't want to see any of these boot lickers on the streets of any city in the United States. If they are seen, they are to be given the same kind of justice they gave John Huggins and Brother Bunchy. They had better catch a ride on the next ship to the moon because earth is too small to hide them."

Cat.No: 212311

Price: $150.00