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uh, I'm in English, instructor. I'll be teaching freshman composition to black students and white students who have, ah, primarily black students who have been denied the privilege of, ah, correct education in the schools as they exist today. Mr. Murray taught for us as a part time

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instructor, uh, two semesters last year in freshman English and did a good job with a mixed, racially mixed group of students. Was his work was reviewed by the English Department. Is he was reappointed for this fall when we involved ourselves in the large program of special

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admissions students educational opportunity students. And he'll be doing the same thing that, in fact, that he was doing last year with a different but similar group of students. A number of politicians throughout the state, including the governor, have spoken badly about the appointments, and some politicians

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have asked that you re send his appointment. How do you respond to that? The I have no no comment on that. There is no legal base that we know of for doing that in the event. I should have decided to do it. I just attacked because

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we're black Panthers were attacked because we're black people striving to politically educate the masses of the people here in America, Thio create a new system of government that will be beneficial for all persons involved. One of the criticism was of a remark that you reportedly made

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to a Cuban newspaper person about, uh, about American soldiers in Vietnam. Were you properly quoted, uh, our statement was that the war in Vietnam is racist. It is the war that crackers like Johnson are using black soldiers and poor white soldiers and Mexican soldiers as dupes

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and fools to fight against people of color in Vietnam who have never called black people ***. And because the Black Panther Party stands against the Vietnam War, in fact, we are demanding victory. Were are calling for victory of the National Liberation Front because of our political

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stand, which is our right, our constitutional right. We're being attacked by the power structure of this college and the state of California.