The Black Panther Party was a media magnet, attracting public attention like few other organizations in American political history. From its founding in April, 1968 until its dissolution in 1977 and even after, the Seattle BPP was often in the news. The Northwest Regional Newspaper Index maintained by the UW Libraries, Special Collections, lists more than 140 newspaper articles published in local newspapers. We present here that full database of citations along with readable digital versions of many articles (click highlighted links). These articles are courtesy of the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Medium, University of Washington Daily, Seattle Afro-American Journal, Pacific Citizen, Seattle Sun, Seattle Magazine.
1968
| Publication | ||
| 2/15 | UW Daily | Premise: series on black power |
| 4/20 | Seattle Times | Black Panther group plans Seattle unit |
| 5/9 | Afro-American Journal | Black Panther Party for Self Defense |
| 7/3 | Seattle Times | Typical attire (photos) |
| 7/3 | Seattle Times | Seattle Panthers - what’s their goal? (photo) |
| 7/6 | Seattle Times | Black Panthers May Run Candidate |
| 7/11 | Afro-American Journal | Rebellion sweeps central area |
| 7/11 | UW Daily | Brisker tells Panther aims |
| 7/17 | Seattle Times | Panthers march for 3 youths |
| 7/25 | UW Daily | Clinic 8 offers advice works in 4 teams |
| 7/30 | Seattle Times | 9 injured in gunfire-marked outbreak in central area |
| 7/30 | Seattle Times | Panther leader charged in theft |
| 7/30 | Seattle Times | Negroes criticize amount of force in police search |
| 7/31 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Leader of Panthers free on $3,000 bail |
| 7/31 | Seattle Times | Police persecution charged by leader of black panthers |
| 7/31 | Seattle Times | Seattle black panther leader is released on $3,000 bond |
| 8/2 | Seattle Times | $100 donated to Black Panthers at Bellevue |
| 8/8 | Seattle Times | Officials probe use of school bus to aid ‘panther’ rally |
| 8/8 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Carroll office protest “invasion” thwarted (portrait of Gossett) |
| 8/8 | Seattle Times | Panther supporters decide not to storm prosecutor’s office |
| 8/9 | Seattle Times | Seattle Rally Protests Black Panther’s Arrest |
| 8/23 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Panthers, Evans, share podium |
| 9/7 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Tension slackens at Rainier Beach |
| 9/8 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Police to Patrol Rainier Beach |
| 9/9 | Seattle Times | Warrant Issued for Panther in Harassment of Firemen |
| 9/13 | Seattle Times | Mayor warns Black Panthers: tighter gun law sought |
| 9/14 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Braman Warns Panthers |
| 9/12 | Afro-American Journal | Rainier Beach School Crisis! |
| 9/18 | Seattle Times | Black Panthers Nominate Curtis Harris |
| 9/18 | Seattle Times | Black Panther arrested after courthouse melee |
| 9/19 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Parents in protest meet at Franklin |
| 9/19 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Panther to seek arrest of officers |
| 9/19 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Crackdown pledged in school “invasions” |
| 9/19 | Seattle Times | Black Panther’s trial in threat continued (photo) [Curtis Harris] |
| 9/19 | Afro-American Journal | Racism, brutality in seattle courtroom: black panther’s nominee curtis harris attacked |
| 9/19 | Afro-American Journal | Panthers bitter over police attacks: reprisals may result |
| 9/20 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Panther Told Rights |
| 9/20 | Seattle Times | Congress nominee asks probe of black panthers |
| 9/21 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Black Group demands charges against 5 officers |
| 9/24 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Controversy hot as city adopts weapons law |
| 9/26 | Seattle Times | Police Cleared in arrest of Panther |
| 9/28 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Gun-toting Panthers knew law: Braman |
| 10/1 | Seattle Magazine | Black Panthers on the Prowl (pdf. file) |
| 10/1 | The Fire Fighter | Central Area harassment continues |
| 10/4 | Seattle Times | Black Panther Speaks at Seattle U (photo of Aaron D) |
| 10/9 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Panther guilty of threat on officer’s life |
| 10/10 | Afro-American Journal | Murder! Rising racist irresponsibility: Editorial |
| 10/10 | UW Daily | 11 rads to speak at draft forum |
| 10/11 | Pacific Citizen | Terrorism shakes Seattle |
| 10/11 | Seattle Times | Black Panther Cleaver cancels U.W. appearance |
| 10/13 | Seattle Times | 125 attend rites for dead Black Panther [Armstead] (photo) |
| 10/15 | Seattle Times | “Either he or I was going to get shot,” policeman tells jury. |
| 10/16 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Jury probes for facts in boy’s death (photos) |
| 10/16 | Seattle Times | Doctor at inquest questions bullet’s path (photos) |
| 10/16 | Seattle Times | Mrs. Cleaver speaks at UW teach-in, calls Wallace “punk” |
| 10/16 | UW Daily | Teach-in opens but no Cleaver (photo) |
| 10/17 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Shooting death “justifiable” inquest rules |
| 10/17 | Seattle Times | Black Panther Will Appeal Conviction [Curtis Harris] |
| 10/17 | Seattle Times | Negro youth’s death ruled justifiable [Armstead] (photo) |
| 10/18 | Seattle Times | Blacks set own probe of killing |
| 10/18 | UW Daily | Dixon to clarify Panther goals |
| 10/22 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Rally criticizes police, mayor and prosecutor |
| 10/22 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Municipal League report critical of police action |
| 10/22 | Seattle Times | Three groups brand mayor’s guerilla statement as lie |
| 10/22 | UW Daily | Dixon Clarifies Party Stand |
| 11/5 | Seattle Times | Black students seek new courses (photos) [Third in series] |
| 11/28 | Seattle Times | Dismissal denied for Aaron Dixon |
| 12/2 | Seattle Times | Church sets term for Black Panthers |
| 12/3 | Seattle Times | Robber shot in holdup try (Sidney N. Miller) |
| 12/5 | Afro-American Journal | 3rd and Pine (concerns death of Sidney Miller) |
| 12/6 | Argus | In Portland too- black Panthers bother high schools: small minority disrupting activities - beating students |
| 12/12 | Seattle Times | 2 Black Panthers arrested after chase by police |
| 12/16 | Seattle Times | Trial of Black Panther party captain starts |
| 12/17 | Seattle Times | Trial of Black Panther opens |
| 12/18 | Seattle Times | Two women on Urban League project testify for Dixon |
| 12/19 | Seattle Times | Science highlights Dixon trial |
1969
| Publication | ||
| 1/21 | Seattle Times | Panther, 2 others charged in robbery |
| 1/30 | UW Daily | Anarchy and cold salami coalesce at teach-in (picture of Dixon) |
| 2/13 | UW Daily | “Pigs run the ghetto,” Newton asserts |
| 2/27 | Afro-American Journal | Panther leader under attack (port. Elmer Dixon) |
| 2/28 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Panther Visit: Capitol Comic Opera |
| 3/1 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Angry blacks berate solons in eloquent capitol lecture |
| 3/4 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Tiff over Olympia “invasion” |
| 4/22 | UW Daily | Black women tell ordeals in climbing out of “cruel valley” (ports.) |
| 5/2 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Rally held to support jailed Panther leader |
| 5/2 | UW Daily | Citywide rally to ‘free Huey’ sponosred by Panthers, SDS |
| 8/7 | Afro-American Journal | Safeway boycott |
| 11/28 | Seattle Times | Dismissal denied in Aaron Dixon larceny case |
| 12/27 | Seattle Times | Aaron Dixon convicted of petty larceny |
1970
1971
| Publication | ||
| 1/28 | UW Daily | Panthers set rally for eviction case |
| 2/20 | Bremerton Sun | “Stop dropping acid… start revolution” (illus.) [Elmer Dixon] |
| 3/12 | Seattle Times | Panther remark gets Uhlman White House flak |
| 7/29 | Medium | Elmer Dixon must be set free |
1972
| Publication | ||
| 1/14 | UW Daily | Bobby Seale in the PAV? F&B clears funds for EOP only (port.) |
| 1/20 | Medium | Panthers comply with eviction notice |
| 5/18 | UW Daily | Bobby Seale: oppression pollutes (port.) |
1973
| Publication | ||
| 7/23 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Report on Seattle probe by the FBI |
| 7/25 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | FBI got info from other utilities |
1975
| Publication | ||
| 3/5 | Seattle Sun | Central Area homicide: a halt and a shot (Joe Hebert) |
| 3/26 | Seattle Times | Dispute breaks out at Hebert inquest |
| 3/27 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Hebert death “unjustified” |
| 3/28 | Seattle Times | Bayley will not prosecute officers who killed Hebert |
| 3/29 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | $1.25 million asked in Hebert’s death |
| 4/2 | Medium | Black community not satisfied with Bayley’s decision |
| 4/2 | Seattle Sun | Chief Hanson proclaims justice for Joe * |
| 4/3 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Uhlman backs Chief Hanson’s release of Hebert’s criminal record |
| 4/9 | UW Daily | Hebert forum reveals community bitterness |
| 8/12 | Seattle Times | Second fatal shooting: Robbery suspect slain by officer (Earlywine) |
| 11/21 | Seattle Times | Their claws are sheathed but Black Panthers continue work |
| 11/29 | Seattle Times | Panthers say police intend to keep files |
| 12/3 | Seattle Sun | Reworking the law from “from the bottom up” |
1976
| Publication | ||
| 4/2 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Earlywine testifies again on shooting |
| 4/2 | Seattle Times | 2nd shooting details not allowed in court |
| 4/7 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Earlywine cleared in fatal shooting |
| 6/30 | Seattle Sun | Dixon, enduring Black Panther (port.) |
| 8/5 | UW Daily | “Liberation” school relates to children’s needs |
| 8/12 | UW Daily | Panther breakfast program works |
| 10/19 | UW Daily | Donation seekers want to give kids a free breakfast (illus.) |
1977
| Publication | ||
| 1/5 | Seattle Sun | Black Panthers disband in Seattle |
| 9/26 | UW Daily | Free Breakfast program has “big misunderstanding” with Panther party |
1978
| Publication | ||
| 4/27 | UW Daily |
Activist Elmer Dixon is still cracking eggs; the Sidney Miller Clinic– breakfast and more |
| 5/21 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Probers told of Seattle Panther gun purchases |
1979
| Publication | ||
| 2/29 | Seattle Times | Black militants put energy in kids now (the hot breakfast program) |
| 6/17 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
“There has to be revolutionary change”… conversation with Elmer Dixon (port.) |
| 10/9 | UW Daily | Free breakfast program provides necessary nutrition for children |
1981
| Publication | ||
| 10/27 | UW Daily | Service center charges UW police harassment (photo) |
| 11/24 | UW Daily | Breakfast program: Who are those guys? |