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Because the state was moving to destroy the Black Panther Party and ultimately
would move against all
revolutionary black nationalist organizations,
it was essential that certain political structures and programs be
initiated . These included the key structures from the twelve point program
with the addition of : the recognition of the Republic of New Africa ;
study groups to analyze the writings of Robert F . Williams ; and the creation
of a Black United Front . Cadres were to melt back into the community
and infiltrate existing black organizations . 44
The Formation of a National Centralized Black Liberation Party , written
in 1969, clearly described the tasks and structure of the BLP . It began
with an analysis which states that the majority of black people are
defenseless . They also were not involved in the struggle for national liberation
. In order to organize them, a program that spoke to their immediate
needs had to be developed . The BLP would present such a program . It
would be a party that operated legally and illegally .
From one-half to
one-third of its cadre should be anonymous .
It should be a public organization
.
The BLP would be based in the South which would work to organize
black workers and the unemployed . It would have a, centralized national
leadership which would be responsible for organizational development .
The
BLP would develop arm self-defense units .
The responsibilities of members
of the BLP included payment of dues ; commitment to, doing party work ; knowledge
and study of the "Science of Black Internationalism, and the thought
of Chairman Rob ." 45
44 Akbar Muhammad Ahmad, National Black Power : The Present Period and
the Road to Black Nationhood, December, 1968, pp . 1-2 .
45The Formation of a National Centralized Black Liberation Party , 1969,
pp . 1-3 .