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

135 136 135 c   (BLACK PANTHERS.) Group of 13 FBI wanted posters of Black Panthers and other radical activists. 13 items, various sizes as noted, most addressed on verso to a variety of law enforcement offices, each signed in facsimile by Edgar Hoover or later FBI directors, each with mailing folds, some with punched mount holes along top edge, H. Rap Brown toned. Washington, 1969-87 [1,000/1,500] This lot includes 5 large-format posters (16 x 11 inches): three with known Black Panther connections— JoAnne Chesimard (Assata Shakur), Hubert “H. Rap” Brown (dated 1970), and Nilsa Cobeo—plus two leaders of the Symbionese Liberation Army,Thero Wheeler and Donald DeFreeze.The 8 smaller 8 x 8 posters include Panther associates Angela Davis (dated 1970), Russell Shoats,Arthur Turco, and Richard Rodriguez, as well as Ronald Stanley Bridgeforth, Mutulu Shakur of the Black Liberation Army, Lawrence Plamondon of theWhite Panther Party, and Cheri Dalton. 136 c   (BLACK PANTHERS.) Sons of Malcolm. Poster on heavy stock, 22 1 / 2 x 17 1 / 2 inches; minimal wear. Kansas City, MO, circa 1970 [500/750] In May 1970, the Kansas City branch of the Black Panther Party withdrew from the national organization, and changed its name to the Sons of Malcolm. This recruiting poster provides a street address and the slogan “The seeds embodied in the spirit and endeavor of revolutionary love will ensure the ever sprouting deter- mination for black liberation and freedom!” They apparently did not remain active for long; another group called the Black Organizers spun off the next year (see the Kansas City Times, 24 June 1971), and we find nothing further on the Sons of Malcolm after that point. No other examples of this remarkable survival traced on OCLC or at auction.