1968 Poetry Is Revolution Guerrilla Free Newspaper of the Streets Black Panthers
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Date: 1968
Artist: Van Newkirk, Allen (editor)
Size (in): 21.25” x 16.5”
Size (cm): 54 x 41.9
Condition: A-
Linen backed: No
This is a vintage original broadside or poster format issue of Guerrilla Free Newspaper Of The Streets issued in support of The Black Panthers. This issue if Volume II, No. 1 issued in New York City which features the poem Poetry Is Revolution by LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka). Guerilla newspaper was founded in Detroit by political radical Allen Van Newkirk in 1967. This is the fully complete issue printed one side only in a poster format measuring 21.25” x 16.5” with text that reads in part:
BROTHERS! LeRoi Jones, Huey Newton, Rap Brown & many others have been framed & face prison or death for the free act of self defense against police terror - Brothers! The judges represent a crumbling structure. Arise! Free Yourselves! Arm Yourselves! Work to Liberate the Creative Spirit in All Men".
Addresses for the legal defense funds for Black Panther figures LeRoi Jones and Huey Newton are printed at the bottom of the poster.
This vintage original poster is in very good condition overall with no tape or pinholes and only slight handling wear and modest toning from age.
Artist: Van Newkirk, Allen (editor)
Size (in): 21.25” x 16.5”
Size (cm): 54 x 41.9
Condition: A-
Linen backed: No
This is a vintage original broadside or poster format issue of Guerrilla Free Newspaper Of The Streets issued in support of The Black Panthers. This issue if Volume II, No. 1 issued in New York City which features the poem Poetry Is Revolution by LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka). Guerilla newspaper was founded in Detroit by political radical Allen Van Newkirk in 1967. This is the fully complete issue printed one side only in a poster format measuring 21.25” x 16.5” with text that reads in part:
BROTHERS! LeRoi Jones, Huey Newton, Rap Brown & many others have been framed & face prison or death for the free act of self defense against police terror - Brothers! The judges represent a crumbling structure. Arise! Free Yourselves! Arm Yourselves! Work to Liberate the Creative Spirit in All Men".
Addresses for the legal defense funds for Black Panther figures LeRoi Jones and Huey Newton are printed at the bottom of the poster.
This vintage original poster is in very good condition overall with no tape or pinholes and only slight handling wear and modest toning from age.
