
The Black Panther Black Community News Service, Vol. II, No. 18, Saturday, December 21, 1968
(Black Panther Party) The Black Panther Black Community News Service, Vol. II, No. 18, Saturday, December 21, 1968. San Francisco, CA: The Black Panther Party Ministry of Information, December 21, 1968. 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, party leadership, etc. The back of most issues featured revolutionary artwork by the graphic artist and Black Panther Minister of Culture, Emory Douglas. The front page headline of this issue: "Pig Xmas Sham Ending" with an illustration by "Emory" [Douglas] showing a Black family in their home ready for Christmas; the father armed with a rifle or shotgun, the mother armed with the Christmas tree and the child armed with a pistol, all surrounding and aiming at a pig dressed as Santa