[New York: ARM 14], 1970. Tabloid format printed on newsprint, [8] pp, illus. Center fold, newsprint slightly browning, tiny splits at fold, about Near Fine. Three copies found in WorldCat (Univ. of VA, Wisconsin and Kansas). Scarce. A presumably one-off anti-drug publication by the unidentified ARM 14 in New York..... More
[Philadelphia: Black Panther Party], [1970]. A two-sided 8½” x 11” flyer mimeographed on white stock. Fine. Recto juxtaposes a statement by the notorious Philadelphia police commissioner, Frank Rizzo, exonerating two Philly police officers accused of killing a young black man, Harold Brown, with the BPP claim that Brown was murdered..... More
n.p.: [Black Panther Party], [ca. 1969]. First edition thus. Although the publishing history for this title is somewhat unclear, Eldridge Cleaver’s article appears to have first circulated in the inaugural issue of “The Black Scholar” (1969). The Black Panthers then distributed it as a standalone pamphlet, which was then reprinted..... More
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Pineville, LA: The Conservative Society of America, [1969]. First edition. Conservative activist and publisher, Kent Courtney, accuses the Black Panthers of being a “criminal, treasonous, Communist organization seeking to destroy the United States.” Quad-fold brochure, very faint toning to edges, else Fine. Only seven copies found in OCLC institutions. More
Cambridge: The Old Mole, [1970]. A single issue of this underground paper published in Cambridge from 1968-70. Content for this issue includes a profile of Black Panther Lonnie McLucas, articles on drug use, gay liberation, the Young Lords, Cambodia, a centerfold Black Panther Party Message to America, an interview with..... More
n.p.: [Black Panther Party], [ca. 1970]. A searing Black Panther publication that collects three proposals for upending American democracy and thereby ensuring that black people control their own destiny. In Eldridge Cleaver’s “On the Constitution,” he calls for a REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE’S CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION and a plebiscite overseen by the U.N...... More
Tulsa: Christian Crusade Publications, 1970. First edition. One of a number of publications distributed by the Far Right intent on discrediting the Panthers by painting them as Communist subversives. Includes the Panthers' origins and demands, their red and criminal tendencies, their educational objectives to "indoctrinate the minds of Black people,"..... More
New York: Youth Against War and Fascism, [1970]. A large newsprint poster originally included as an insert in “The Partisan,” the organ of Youth Against War & Fascism. The group calls for a People's Assembly in New Haven: "A broad coalition of groups firmly united on one common objective -..... More