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This section includes literature by African American authors, as well as nonfiction works on related subjects, and the ephemera of political and social organizations ranging from the Black Panthers to the AME Church.
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1968. Newspaper. 12p., tabloid format newspaper, mildly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good with minor handling wear. "Extra" edition, special issue focusing on Huey Newton's conviction and the promise that the Panthers will free him. Includes an article on a Panther delegation going to the United..... More
Cat.No: 212303
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid newspaper, horizontal fold. Front cover and centerfold story on prisons. Emory Douglas poster on back showing shotgun killing of policeman: "We have no hang ups about revolutionary Violence." Also: "General Motors Corporation Must Be Destroyed." More
Cat.No: 90152
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1968. Newspaper. 24p. tabloid format newspaper; horizontal fold, paper toned, otherwise very good. Christmas-themed issue with Emory Douglas artwork depicting Black youths capturing Pig Santa at gunpoint in their fireplace, captioned "Pig Xmas sham ending. Back cover depicts "Black Revolutionary Xmas Wishes" (armaments). Page 15 notes..... More
Cat.No: 281615
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1968. Newspaper. 16p., tabloid format newspaper, mildly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good with minor handling wear. Cover depicts three panthers with "Free Huey" flags standing in formation on court house steps; caption says "Free Huey... or the sky's the limit!" Centerspread of photos from Free..... More
Cat.No: 212300
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, mild horizontal fold, evenly toned. Front cover - "Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention. Howard University, Washington D.C., November 27, 28 & 29, 1970... Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense will read the people's new constitution." Emory Douglas poster on rear cover..... More
Cat.No: 290909
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper; horizontal fold, minor foxing, otherwise very good. Front cover quote from Ruchell Magee; Emory Douglas poster on rear cover calling for freedom for Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins. More
Cat.No: 281616
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1968. Newspaper. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, paper evenly toned, horizontal fold crease, small tear at the fold around the arm of the right-most pig. Many Emory Douglas cartoons throughout including a memorable one with the caption "Assemblyman Willie Brown on the issue of Huey Newton." Centerfold..... More
Cat.No: 285334
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1969. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper. Horizontal fold, mild handling wear and smudging. Front cover headline: "Eldridge Cleaver breaks his silence," with a photo of him sticking out his tongue as he holds up two news magazines to show the photo was taken recently. He had..... More
Cat.No: 212363
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1969. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper, rather foxed and worn. Cover depicts Bobby Seale with the headline "Kidnapped" (this was right afer his New Haven arrest). First two interior pages are reproductions of police plans for storming a group of Black Panthers in Berkeley. More
Cat.No: 285707
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper. Noted on masthead as Vol IV, with a pen "correction" stating VI, but actually Volume V. Slight wear to edges. Mild wear along the horizontal fold. Rear cover is an Emory Douglas poster calling for the execution of FBI infiltrators;..... More
Cat.No: 200023
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper. Noted on masthead as Vol IV, but actually Volume V. Worn along the horizontal fold, additional edgewear. Rear cover is an Emory Douglas poster calling for the execution of FBI infiltrators; small print at the bottom says "Kill the Pigs..... More
Cat.No: 299631
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper. Noted on masthead as Vol IV, but actually Volume V. Minor wear to edges, horizontal fold. Front cover lists assassinated revolutionaries. Rear cover is an Emory Douglas poster stating, "We always keep close watch on the fascist's movements so that..... More
Cat.No: 291362
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 32p. illus. tabloid format newspaper, worn along the horizontal fold, corner creased; a reading copy. "Special issue: Evidence and intimidation of fascist crimes by USA." Cover photo is a close-up of the window at BPP headquarters after it was shot up by Oakland police..... More
Cat.No: 286212
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, mild toning, generally very good. Front cover story on the February 23rd 1970 arrest of Butch Mabrey in Hunter's Point (Mabrey had shot into a crowd, killing one; the paper states that in the process of coming..... More
Cat.No: 200011
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, mild toning, mild wear along the fold. Front cover story on the February 23rd 1970 arrest of Butch Mabrey in Hunter's Point (Mabrey had shot into a crowd, killing one; the paper states that in the process..... More
Cat.No: 286361
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, some foxing to the cover. Penned note at top, "11 PM. Roland Young," perhaps a reminder of a meeting. Young was a San Francisco DJ who had been fired several months earlier in part because of his..... More
Cat.No: 286362
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid + 8p. supplement, Bobby Seale in an electric chair depicted on front cover; horizontal fold, evenly toned, minor chip at the right end of the fold. Emory Douglas poster on back depicting the US government as a vulture over Seale in..... More
Cat.No: 107305
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper. Horizontal fold, paper toned, some edgewear. Cover depicts Bobby Seale: "If he's bound up tight we'll hold back the night and there won't be no light for day's." Emory Douglas anti-Israel poster on back depicting imperialist pigs suckling a Zionist..... More
Cat.No: 288421
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, small piece torn off at upper right corner of front cover (no loss of text). Front cover commemorates the second anniversary of Bobby Hutton's shooting by police. Rear cover poster by Emory Douglas warns..... More
Cat.No: 289728
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid newspaper. Horizontal fold, paper toned, some edgewear. An article by Jean Genet ("I Must Begin with an explanation of my presence in the United States"); G.I. news from a Black Panther perspective; a reprint of a Kim Il Sung article on..... More
Cat.No: 288408
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 23p. illus. tabloid newspaper. Horizontal fold, paper toned, some edgewear. Emory Douglas poster on rear cover proclaims "Under the circumstances, the gains of revolution can be safeguarded against U.S. fascist aggression and the security of the people defended only when we reinforce our own..... More
Cat.No: 288412
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper, horizontal fold, minor edgewear. Cover calls for freedom for Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. Emory Douglas poster on rear cover depicts US troops fleeing from overseas attack as state police flee from internal rebellion. More
Cat.No: 286195
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper. Mild horizontal fold, generaly very good. Cover story: "Pigs assassinate brother and sister in Robbins, Illinois." Rear cover poster by Emory Douglas: "Death to the Fascist Pigs." under the heading "I have stood by too long while the racist..... More
Cat.No: 200311
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. Newspaper. 12p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, small stain on rear cover. "Year of the Youth" issue. Rear cover is an Emory Douglas poster depicting a child handling a rifle and using blocks to spell out "Death to the fascist pigs." More
Cat.No: 291363
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. Newspaper. 12p. tabloid format newspaper, with an 8-page supplement ("Let us hold high the banner of intercommunalism and the invincible thoughts of Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the Black Panther Party," a talk delivered by Newton at Boston College in..... More
Cat.No: 291364
Kathleen Cleaver [poster]
Mosley, David; artist
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