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[BLACK PANTHER PARTY]. An Attack Against One Is An Attack Against All. San Francisco, CA: Robert Brown Elliott League, ca 1968-1970.
Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Sold
$2,250
Live Auction
American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Location
Cincinnati
Description

[BLACK PANTHER PARTY]. An Attack Against One Is An Attack Against All. San Francisco, CA: Robert Brown Elliott League, ca 1968-1970.

17 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. printed poster (holes and loss from hanging to corners, some additional punctures and creases throughout; some adhesive residue to verso along edges)

A pouncing black panther is featured between bold text above and below, declaring: "An Attack Against One Is An Attack Against All / The Slaughter of Black People Must Be Stopped! By Any Means Necessary!"

While little is known about the Robert Brown Elliott League, their eponymous figure was a Reconstruction-era congressman who first served as the first African American commanding general of the South Carolina National Guard.

RARE: OCLC locates only 2 copies.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition
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