Why is Bobby Seale on Trial?
Poster
1970 (made)
1970 (made)
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This poster is an example of images being recycled in various contexts of protest propaganda. The photocopied image over which the text has been printed is taken from a Cuban poster issued by Editora Politica (the publishing arm of the Communist Party) around 1969. The original context would have promoted fighting against imperialist forces. Here, that same image of a simple worker taking up arms is reinterpreted to raise awareness of Black Panther Party leader Bobby Seale's court case. He was one of the original defendants accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Object details
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| Title | Why is Bobby Seale on Trial? (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photocopy |
| Brief description | Why is Bobby Seale on Trial? Black Panthers lecture poster. USA, 1970. photocopy. |
| Physical description | Text advertising Black Panthers lecture given on Thursday 16 April, 1970 at Yale University. Background image of the head and shoulders of a figure holding a gun, flag and rooftops in background. |
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| 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 | image recycled from an Editora Politica Cuban poster of 1969 (possibly by Rene Mederos) |
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| Summary | This poster is an example of images being recycled in various contexts of protest propaganda. The photocopied image over which the text has been printed is taken from a Cuban poster issued by Editora Politica (the publishing arm of the Communist Party) around 1969. The original context would have promoted fighting against imperialist forces. Here, that same image of a simple worker taking up arms is reinterpreted to raise awareness of Black Panther Party leader Bobby Seale's court case. He was one of the original defendants accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. |
| Other number | LS.1066 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.1439-2004 |
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| Record created | August 4, 2004 |
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