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[BLACK PANTHERS]. \"An unarmed People are Slaves or are Subject to Slavery...\" Huey Newton. [ca 1967]
Estimate: $600-$800
Ended
Timed Auction
American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Location
Cincinnati
Description
[BLACK PANTHERS]. "An unarmed People are Slaves or are Subject to Slavery..." Huey Newton. [ca 1967].
17 x 22 in. poster featuring an illustration of a heavily armed Black man beneath bold red titular quotation. The depicted man balances an automatic rifle on his head and carries another rifle on his back.
The quotation appears in Newton's column, "In Defense of Self-Defense" in The Black Panther issue from 20 June 1967.
[With:] 23 x 17 7/8 in. transparency featuring a largely silhouetted bust portrait of Huey Newton, with portions of text visible within the portrait referencing "student mobilization" at Kent State University.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition
Poster: Light creasing to edges and corners.Transparency: Spotting, chemical deterioration to image edges, creasing, and some losses to edges and corners. Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.
Quantity
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