[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Seize the Time. Poster featuring Bobby Seale. [Berkeley Political Poster Workshop, 1970].
Sale 1192 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Jun 15, 2023
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Lot Description
[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Seize the Time. Poster featuring Bobby Seale. [Berkeley Political Poster Workshop, 1970].
14 3/4 x 22 in. poster produced on printer paper (minor toning and areas of light staining, spotting to lower margin, minor separation along perforation, horizontal fold at center). Rows of code printed to verso.
Features a large portrait of Bobby Seale, who had been arrested as one of the original "Chicago Eight" charged with conspiracy and inciting a riot in the 1968 Democratic National Convention. He was never convicted but sentenced to four years for 16 counts of contempt. During this prison sentence he was further prosecuted in the New Haven Black Panther trials.
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