Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Accruals
Processing Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Black Panther Black Community News Service collection
Dates: 1967-1980
Collection number: MS 178
Creator:
Black Panther Party. Ministry of Information.
Collection Size:
19 linear feet
(16 boxes)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The Black Panther Black Community News Service Collection consists of 420 newspapers published by the Black Panther Party
between 1967-1980. Each issue was between 16-28 pages and featured a range of articles and op-eds on the activities of the
party, black power, police brutality, communism, and party leadership. The back of each issue featured artwork from artist
and Black Panther's Minister of Culture Emory Douglas. Beginning on March 13, 1971, the newspapers were re-named The Black
Panther Intercommunal News Service.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Black Panther Black Community News Service Collection must be obtained from the African American
Museum & Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Black Panther Black Community News Service collection, MS 178, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public
Library. Oakland, California.
Accruals
Accession #2014-037
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger December 5, 2014.Finding aid updated to incorporate Acc. #2016-098 on January 27, 2017.Finding
aid updated to incorporate Acc. #2017-028 on June 23, 2017.Finding aid updated to incorporate Acc. #2017-034 on September
27, 2017.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Black Panther Black Community News Service Collection consists of 420 newspapers published by the Black Panther Party
between 1967-1980. Each issue was between 16-28 pages and featured a range of articles and op-eds on the activities of the
party, black power, police brutality, communism, and party leadership. The back of each issue featured artwork from artist
and Black Panther's Minister of Culture Emory Douglas. Beginning on March 13, 1971, the newspapers were re-named The Black
Panther Intercommunal News Service.
Arrangement
Series 1. Black Panther Black Community News Service newspapers
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
African Americans--California--Newspapers.
Black Panther Party. Ministry of Information.
Black Panther Party--History.
Black Panther Party--History--Sources.
Black Panther Party--Newspapers.
Oakland (Calif.)--Newspapers.
Underground press publications--California.