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170
(BLACK PANTHERS.)
Group of twenty-four Panther newspapers.
Uniform
small folio, pictorial covers, designed by Emory Douglas; creases where folded in the center,
a short closed tear here and there,
CONDITION GENERALLY VERY GOOD
,
PULP PAPER TONED
,
BUT FRESH AND FLEXIBLE
. Should be seen.
San Francisco, 1969-71
[2,000/3,000]
A BROKEN RUN OF THIS IMPORTANT OFFICIAL ARM OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY
,
many issues contain striking poster centerfolds and rear covers by Minister of Culture Emory
Douglas. Beginning with Volume III, No.10, June 28, 1969;Volume IV, Nos 8 , 9, 14 (2
copies), 15, 16, 18 (2 copies, one dated April 6, the other April 11) 20, 21, 22, 24, 25-26
(2 copies of a double issue) and 28;VolumeV, No 1 (2 copies: one July 4, the other July 11),
4, 6, 7, 12, 16, 17; and Volume VI, No 11. (April 10, 1971).
171
(BLACK
PANTHERS.)
NEWTON, HUEY P.
The racist dog
policemen
must
withdraw
immediately from our communities.
Black-and-white poster, 29x23 inches;
some faint wrinkles and light toning at
the edges; framed.
[Oakland, circa 1971]
[5,000/7,500]
The image shown here, of Huey Newton and
Bobby Seale in front of the storefront
headquarters of the Panther Party in Oakland,
was used in another Panther poster, “Political
Prisoners of USA Fascism,” see lot 175.
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