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

133 c   (BLACK PANTHERS.) Ruchell Magee Has Been Illegally Held as a Slave in California Since 1963. 4 pages, 13 3 / 4 x 9 1 / 4 inches to sight, printed in red and black on one folding sheet; partial closed separation along center fold, tiny hole in text area, mounted open into a double-sided mat along all edges. [San Francisco, November 1972] [800/1,200] A pamphlet in support of Ruchell Magee, the only survivor among the four prisoners who attempted to escape from the Marin County Courthouse in 1970 by taking a judge hostage. He is today regarded by some as America’s longest-held political prisoner. This pamphlet features several quotes by Magee along with a portrait, and argues that “His fight is our fight, slaves have the right to rebel.” It requests support at his upcoming trial, to be held in San Francisco on 27 November 1972. Only one copy in OCLC, and none traced at auction. 133 134 c   (BLACK PANTHERS.) Pair of handbills from the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party. Each 11 x 8 1 / 2 inches; minimal wear. Philadelphia, 1970 and undated [400/600] “Cisco-Kidd Pig Rizzo Oinks Again!” 2 pages on one sheet; protesting the 2 March 1970 shooting of James Hamilton by Philadelphia police. “This fool simple-minded pig Rizzo wants us, the black community, to believe that we have silently endorsed our own murderers!!!” * “People’s No. 1 Enemy, Definition of a Pig.” One page; includes a long quote from Huey Newton. Undated. 134