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[BLACK PANTHERS]. DOUGLAS, Emory, artist. Either Or. \"This Will Mean the End of Our Dreams for the Class War which America needs and the beginning of the Race War which America cannot endure...\" San Francisco, CA, [ca 1970?].
Estimate: $3,000-$5,000
Sold
$2,250
Live Auction
American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Location
Cincinnati
Description

[BLACK PANTHERS]. DOUGLAS, Emory, artist. Either Or. "This Will Mean the End of Our Dreams for the Class War which America needs and the beginning of the Race War which America cannot endure..." San Francisco, CA, [ca 1970?].

23 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. silk-screen poster (some wear to edges). Signed in print by Emory Douglas, Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party. A dramatic poster depicting Bobby Seale bound and strapped into the electric chair.

Full text: "Either/Or This Will Mean the End of Our Dreams for the Class War which America needs and the beginning of the Race War which America cannot endure. This is the political consequence America faces because of this unspeakably evil attempt to murder Chairman Bobby Seale in the Electric Chair. / Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information BPP."

This lot is located in Cincinnati.