(Black Panther Party) THE BLACK PANTHER BLACK COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE, VOL. IV, NO. 13, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1970. San Francisco, CA: The Black Panther Party Ministry of Information, February 28, 1970. FIRST EDITION. Elephant folio - 17-1/2" x 11-3/8". 24 pp. The Black Panther Black Community News Service was a weekly newspaper published by the Black Panther Party between 1967-1980. Each issue 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 most issues featured revolutionary artwork by the graphic artist and Black Panther Minister of Culture, Emory Douglas. The front page of this issue features artwork by Emory Douglas of three heavily armed black men with the caption "One of our main purposes is to unify our brothers and sisters in the north with our brothers and sisters in the south." The centerfold article "The Same Pig" is about how after a rash of sympathy getting bombing attacks on police stations, an attempted bombing of the Vallejo Police Headquarters was found to have been carried out by the same police officer who "discovered and disarmed the bomb;" article is illustrated with two bombing aftermath photographs; additional articles include: "Harlem's Free Breakfast for Children Program," "Massacres, from Indians to Vietnamese," "Honeywell Involved in Genocide" and "Accidental Death and Justifiable Homicide -- Disguise for Murder." The back page artwork by Emory Douglas features three crying and oinking dismembered pigs plus two other crying and oinking pigs all contained within a birdcage-like enclosure, along with the caption "Community Control of Police;" the paper is age-tanned and folded as issued, with wear and minor loss to the fore edge margin of front page at the fold at intersecting folds. The condition of the newspaper is VERY GOOD -. RARE # 001147