188
(BLACK PANTHERS.)
Twenty-five issues of the Black Panther
Newspaper.
Uniform small folios, condition generally very good.
SHOULD BE SEEN
.
Oakland, circa 1967-1871
[1,500/2,500]
An excellent representative grouping of Panther papers, now becoming more and more difficult
to find in decent condition. The first issues in this broken run is an EXTRA: Volume 2, #6
for Saturday, September 14, 1868. There are 10 issues from 1970, 12 issues from 1971 and
one issue from 1972. Virtually all bear color artwork by the Panthers’ Minister of Culture,
Emory, some of it in the form of centerfold posters, often removed.
189
(BLACK PANTHERS.)
Ericka Huggins Will Introduce The Murder of
Fred Hampton. Saturday July 31st Dr. King Workshop (Capital Theatre) . . .
Blue and white poster, 22
1
4
x 17
1
4
inches; some edge wear and a few small closed tears.
[Oakland,] 1971
[600/800]
Fred Hampton was deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. He was
killed while sleeping in his apartment during a raid by a tactical unit of the Cook County,
Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in December 1969. Hampton’s death was chronicled in the
1971 documentary film “The Murder of Fred Hampton,” the subject of this poster. It was later
used in the critically acclaimed documentary series “Eyes on the Prize.”
190
(BLACK PANTHERS.) ANONYMOUS.
Piece Now Piece Now.
Black and
white poster 17” x 22” showing two rifles with scopes in between a play on the pacifist cry
“Peace Now.”
Np, circa 1968-1970
[600/800]
A STRIKING IMAGE
,
THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THIS POSTER
,
probably done in the
late 1960’s when the pacifist cry of “peace now” was heard at “End the War” Viet Nam rallies.
190
BLACK PANTHERS
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