Object Details
Created by
Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
Photograph by
Blair Stapp
Subject of
Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
Description
A poster of Huey Newton sitting in a rattan throne chair wearing a beret and a black leather jacket while holding a shotgun in his right hand and a spear in his left hand. Leaning against the wall on either side of the chair is a leaf-shaped, Zulu style shield with designs of horizontal line markings across the front. Beneath the chair is a zebra print rug. Along the bottom of the print is the text [The racist dog policemen must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality and torture of black people, or face the wrath of the armed people]. The poster is lined with a sheet of linen backed paper.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
1968
Object number
2011.58
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
portraits
posters
Medium
lithographic ink on paper with linen backing
Dimensions
H x W (w/ mat border): 34 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (88.3 × 59.7 cm)
H x W (w/out mat border): 34 5/8 × 23 3/8 in. (87.9 × 59.4 cm)
Place made
Emeryville, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Black Power (Black Pride)
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Black power
Justice
Politics
Resistance
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.58