(Black Panther Party) The Genius of Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense Black Panther Party; Introduction by Eldridge Cleaver. San Francisco, California: Ministry of Information [Black Panther Party], circa 1970. FIRST EDITION. 8vo - 9-3/8" x 6-7/16". Original staple-bound color pictorial paper wrappers with two photographic reproductions of Huey P. Newton printed in black and brown and titles printed in black to both front and back wrappers, with very minor touches of rubbing at the head and tail of spine fold, a soft crease to upper fore edge corner of front wrapper and minor amounts of rust to the staples with no resulting stains to any pages for what is a beautiful copy of the book. [vii], 31, [1] pp. The book is a compilation of writings by Huey P. Newton as follows: Huey P. Newton to the Republic of New Africa; Message from the Minister of Defense, Huey P. Newton on the Peace Movement; Prison, Where is Thy Victory?; Huey Newton Talks to the Movement; Functional Definition of Politics; The Genius of Huey P. Newton; and October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program: What We Want What We Believe; illustrated with several photographic portraits of Newton plus a portrait of him drawn by Emory Douglas; other than the occasional corner crease, internally in fine condition. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Only two copies located on OCLC/WorldCat (Freie Universitat Berlin, Universitatsbibliothek and Universitat Bayreuth, Bibliothek). RARE # 001234