Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

105 105 c   (BLACK PANTHERS.) The Black Panther: Black Community News Service. 22 issues (incomplete run); horizontal folds, generally minor wear, 3 issues incomplete. San Francisco, 1969-72 [1,200/1,800] Liberally illustrated with revolutionary art by Emory Douglas, and including the 17 February 1970 “Happy Birthday Huey” issue with the seated portrait of Huey Newton on the cover. Includes 4 issues from 1969 (31 May; 14 June; 15 November; 20 December); 14 issues from 1970 (3, 10, 31 January; 17, 21 February; 7, 21 March; 6, 18 April; 6, 20 June; 21 November; 5, 14 December); 3 issues from 1971 (30 January; 13, 20 February); and 10 June 1972.The 18 April 1970, 6 June 1970, and 20 February 1971 issues are missing pages. with —an 8-page production by the New Haven Panther Defense Committee titled “The State of Connecticut vs. New Haven 9.” Includes a centerfold spread titled “To be a Revolutionary is to be an Enemy of the State,” and an advertisement for a “weekend gathering” protest in New Haven, 1 May [1970] and a Danish publication,“Befri Angela Davis og Bobby Seale,” 4 pages on one sheet. No copies traced in OCLC. Copenhagen, circa late 1970. 106 c   (BLACK PANTHERS.) The Black Panther: Black Community News Service. 8 issues (incomplete run); horizontal folds, generally minor wear, slight loss at fold to 30 January 1971 issue; ownership inscriptions on mastheads of 4 issues. San Francisco, 1969-71 [500/750] Includes 2 issues from 1969 (19 July and 1 November); one issue from 1970 (15 March); and 5 issues from 1971 (16 January through 13 February). Highlights include the “Political Prisoners of USA Fascism” cover from 1 November 1969, and the “Fascists have already decided in advance to murder Chairman Bobby Seale” cover from 15 March 1970. with —2 four-page inserts, from a late June 1970 issue (with Cleaver’s “On the Constitution” and “Message to America”) and 5 June 1971 (Newton’s “Black Capitalism Re-Analyzed”).