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(Black Panther Party) The Black Panther Black Community News Service, Vol. II, No. 6, Saturday, September 14, 1968. Oakland, Calif.: The Black Panther Party, September 14, 1968. FIRST EDITION. Elephant folio - 17-1/2" x 11-3/8". 12 pp. The Black Panther Black Community News Service was a weekly newspaper published by the Black Panther Party between 1967-1980. Each issue featured a range of articles and op-eds on the activities of the party, Black Power, police brutality, communism, party leadership, etc. The back of most issues featured revolutionary artwork by the graphic artist and Black Panther Minister of Culture, Emory Douglas. The front page of this issue features the word "EXTRA" in large bold font above the masthead which features the slogan "The Sky's the Limit" between a photographic portrait of Huey P. Newton and the silhouette of a rifle. "The Sky's the Limit" slogan came out of the "Free Huey" movement being added as a second clause to the rallying cry "Free Huey or the Sky's the Limit." This slogan "ultimately existed both to terrify observers and rally supporters, to tap into the former's fears of African American revolutionary power and the latter's desire to take immediate action against oppression." -- [Street, Joe. Free Huey or the Sky's the Limit: The Black Panther Party and the Campaign to Free Huey P. Newton. European Journal of American Studies 14-1, 2019. Special Issue. Race Matters: 1968 as Living History in the Black Freedom Struggle.] Under the masthead in this issue devoted to Huey P. Newton and his trial is a large photographic portrait of Newton under the heading "Panthers Will Free Huey". Inside one will find "Huey's Statement on Racist Verdict," "Summary of the Minister of Defense, Huey P. Newton's Trial," "Black Panther Party [Recommended] Book List," 10 point "October 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program: What We Want, What We Believe," an editorial by Kathleen Cleaver, Communications Secretary, Black Panther Party titled "Racism, Fascism, and Political Murder," and a full page of "Revolutionary Poetry." The back page features a full page advertisement for Black Panther Party "Revolutionary Posters by the Minister of Culture, EMORY, $1.00 each;" the paper is lightly age-tanned and folded as issued, with five small finger smudges to the lower margin of the front page and a short closed tear measuring 3/4" to upper margin of front page with no other signs of the wear and tear that is the norm for these newspapers. The condition of the newspaper is NEAR FINE. Very early issue in much better condition than one normally finds these in, and RARE as such. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001220
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: The Black Panther Black Community News ...
Verlag: The Black Panther Party, Oakland, Calif.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1968
Einband: No Binding
Illustrator: Douglas, Emory
Zustand: Near Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition
