Black Panther Manifesto (recto/ verso)
Poster
ca. 1970 (made)
ca. 1970 (made)
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Double sided Black Panther Party poster. Recto: image of Bobby Seale bound to an electric chair, with bare feet. Verso: The Black Panther Manifesto text surrounded by a smaller, reversed image of Seale in the electric chair along with eight rougly passport-sized photographs of party leaders (clockwise: Rory B. Hithe; Candon R. Williams; Lonnie McLucas; an unnamed woman; George Edwards; Peggy Hudgins; Rose Smith; Francis Carter).
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Title | Black Panther Manifesto (recto/ verso) (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Paper and ink |
Brief description | Double sided Black Panther Party Poster. United States, ca. 1970. |
Physical description | Double sided Black Panther Party poster. Recto: image of Bobby Seale bound to an electric chair, with bare feet. Verso: The Black Panther Manifesto text surrounded by a smaller, reversed image of Seale in the electric chair along with eight rougly passport-sized photographs of party leaders (clockwise: Rory B. Hithe; Candon R. Williams; Lonnie McLucas; an unnamed woman; George Edwards; Peggy Hudgins; Rose Smith; Francis Carter). |
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Marks and inscriptions | EMORY (signed at base of electric chair) |
Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
Production | posted at Yale University Law School in April 1970 |
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Other number | LS.1044 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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Accession number | E.1437-2004 |
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Record created | August 2, 2004 |
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