[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Poetry is Revolution. Guerrilla: Free Newspaper of The Streets. Vol. II, No. 1. New York: 1968.
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[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Poetry is Revolution. Guerrilla: Free Newspaper of The Streets. Vol. II, No. 1. New York: 1968.
21 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. large-format broadside newspaper (some toning, light soil and slight abrasions on upper right corner).
Text by editor and political radical Allen Van Newkirk (1940-2013), who founded Guerilla in Detroit in 1967. Also featuring the poem "Poetry is Revolution" by LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka, 1934-2014). Van Newkirk calls on readers "to see that the illegal arrest, beatings, trial, & sentencing of LeRoi Jones cannot be separated from the political terror that is being waged against black revolutionaries across the country." Bold type at center heralds the appeal "Arise! Free Yourselves! Arm Yourselves! Work to liberate the creative spirit in all men." Center bottom features Huey Newton and LeRoi Jones defense fund stamps.
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