[AFRICAN AMERICANA - BLACK PANTHER PARTY]. A group of 2 posters featuring Bobby Seale and Ruchell Magee. Ca early 1970s.

17 1/2 x 22 7/8 in. poster featuring a printed photograph of Bobby Seale and one of his provocative quotations. Berkeley: Berkeley Graphic Arts, n.d., ca 1970.

The portrait shows the seemingly anguished face of Bobby Seale, credited to Alan Copeland of the Berkeley Tribe. Beneath photograph, text reads, "If we worry about what's going to happen to us, we couldn't accomplish anything....Justice is gonna come when the mass of people rise up and see justice done....The more they try to come down on us, the more we'll expose them for what they are......PIGS," with "PIGS" printed in larger, handwriting-like font. Union label printed to lower right.

[With:] 17 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. poster featuring an illustrated portrait of political prisoner Ruchell Magee above bold text reading, "Free Ruchell Magee." San Jose, CA: Committee to Defend Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, ca 1971. In-illustration signature for artist "Zrinyi" to lower right.

Magee, imprisoned since 1963 and best known for his involvement in the Marin County Courthouse Rebellion of 1970, is the world's longest held political prisoner. The rebellion, born from escalating racial tensions within California's criminal justice system, resulted in the attempted kidnapping of a judge and a violent shootout. Magee, a Black Panther involved in the abduction, was the group's sole survivor of the shootout and was sentenced in 1975 to life in prison for his actions.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Bobby Seale: Some light soiling, creasing to upper left edge/corner, minor creasing to upper edge.
Ruchell Magee: Toning to edges, some creasing and pinholes to corners.

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA - BLACK PANTHER PARTY]. A group of 2 posters featuring Bobby Seale and Ruchell Magee. Ca early 1970s.

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