[AFRICAN AMERICANA - POLITICS]. A group of 3 posters related to Eldridge Cleaver and the Peace & Freedom Party. Ca late 1960s.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$500 -
700
Lot Description
[AFRICAN AMERICANA - POLITICS]. A group of 3 posters related to Eldridge Cleaver and the Peace & Freedom Party. Ca late 1960s.
Register Now, Peace & Freedom Party. [Berkeley, CA]: Berkeley Graphic Arts, [1968]. 22 1/2 x 17 in. poster printed in vivid green with a large arrow.
Though candidates with the party affiliation first appeared on ballots in 1966, the Party was officially founded on June 23, 1967. Gathering over 100,000 registrants, the party qualified for ballot status in California in January 1968. Black liberation and anti-Vietnam War were the major platforms for the left-wing party.
[With:] "We shall have our manhood. We shall have it or the earth will be levelled by our attempts to gain it." Eldridge Cleaver. London: Spade [196-]. 22 3/4 x 17 in. poster. With photographic image of Cleaver delivering a speech. -- Eldridge Cleaver Welcome Here. Washington, DC: Washington Free Press, 16-31 December 1968. 22 3/4 x 17 in. poster printed on pages 12-13 of the December 1968 issue of the Washington Free Press. Cleaver is prominently featured at center. Reverse side (pages 11 and 14) includes articles and various advertisements.
Cleaver, although he was not 35 years old, was nominated by the Peace and Freedom Party and ran on a platform of ending the war in Vietnam and Black liberation.
Together, 3 posters.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition Report
Register Now poster: horizontal crease through center, small pinholes to each corner. Very good overall.
We shall have our manhood poster: pinholes at corners, penciled number at top left, minor handling wear.
Washington Free Press poster: chipping and few short tears to edges, one tape repair to top right edge.
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