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Contains 4 Results:
Douglass' Monthly newspaper issue Vol. 3, No. 10, 1861 November
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
This item is issue Volume III, Number X of Douglass’ Monthly, dated March 1861 and published in Rochester, NY. The issue is focused on slavery and politics, written at a time when several slave states had already seceded but before the Civil War had begun. Topics include the political alignment of pro-slavery and free states in the impending war, the newly elected President Lincoln, emigration to Haiti, and the social power of African Americans. This issue includes the...
Dates:
1861 November
"In Memory of George Jackson: Anti-Repression Rally" broadsheet, 1972 August 21
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
A broadsheet issued by the Miami Convention Coalition for an anti-repression rally held on the evening of August 21, 1972 at the Miami Beach Convention Hall as part of the protests against the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami and to commemorate the one year anniversary of the death of Black prisoner George Jackson, who was killed by prison officials in an alleged escape at San Quentin.The broadsheet lists the following featured speakers at the rally: Bobby Seale and...
Dates:
1972 August 21
Black Panther Party "Message to America", 1970-06-19
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
This single broadsheet newspaper insert includes an address titled "Message to America" which was delivered in Washington, DC on June 19, 1970 in honor of the 107th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. On the reverse, it includes two full-page addresses, one by Huey P. Newton titled "Towards a New Constitution," and the other by Eldridge Cleaver titled "On the Constitution." These addresses call for a new constitutional convention that would include Black representatives and...
Dates:
1970-06-19
Southern Christian Leadership Conference poster, 1968
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Copied from dealer description: "[Poster] Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Poor People's Campaign 1968: SCLC. Atlanta: SCLC, c. 1968. 38 x 55cm. Neatly mounted on thin foam board. "Bailey '68" printed in image lower left. Bottom right has some printed SCLC contact information. An appealing black & white poster for this effort led by Martin Luther King, Jr. to draw attention to the plight of the poor."
Dates:
1968