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==Membership==

==Membership==

In 1968, two years after the Black Panthers' founding, the organization counted 400 hundred members, mainly from the poor parts of Oakland. When [[Martin Luther King]] died, membership grew to  five thousand with over 45 chapters and branches. The organization also published a newspaper which by 1969 circulated to over 250,000 subscribers.

In 1968, two years after the Black Panthers' founding, the organization counted four hundred members, mainly from the poor parts of Oakland. When [[Martin Luther King]] died, membership grew to  five thousand with over 45 chapters and branches. The organization also published a newspaper which by 1969 circulated to over 250,000 subscribers.

 

==References==

==References==

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