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Lot of 14 items of Black Panther-related newspapers, broadsides, publications, and ephemera. Listed chronologically: America, why hast thou forsaken us. New York, printed by Procept, 1963. Broadside. 6.5 x 11 in. Announcing the rent strike in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Harlem organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in response to the inaction of the white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama in which four African-American girls died. The flyer is dominated by an American flag with a coffin subtitled "Birmingham Children" in the canton in place of the stars. Includes a quote from James Baldwin and straightforward instructions including, "1. Passive Resistance. 2. Locking your door." SPARKS, Selma (20th century). A Harlem Mother's Nightmare: The Story of Six Harlem Youths Who Face Possible Death for a Crime They Did Not Commit. New York: Committee to Defend Resistance to Ghetto Life, n.d. (1964). 8.5 x 10.75 in. Staple bound 8 page pamphlet with pictorial wraps, graphically depicting white policemen beating a young black man. Described by James Baldwin in A Report from Occupied Territory, the Harlem Six were young African American men arrested for murder on dubious connections and subject to police brutality. [WILLIAMS, Robert Franklin (1925-1996)]. Black America: Keep on Pushin'. Summer-Fall 1965. [New York]: Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM), Black Liberation Front. Staple bound, pictorial wrappers. 8.5 x 10.75 in. Williams is perhaps best remembered for serving as president of the NAACP chapter in Monroe, NC and then creating a charter for the National Rifle Association set up as a way for the African American community to protect themselves from the Ku Klux Klan, naming themselves the Black Armed Guard. In 1962 he founded the Revolutionary Action Movement which synthesized Communism and Black Nationalism. This "theoretical journal" openly promoted urban guerrilla warfare. This issue is notable for including a Malcom X's introduction of Tanzania's Babu to Harlem and a full transcription of his speech. Danky-Hady 750 Why We Strike. New York: Columbia Strike Committee, 1968. Staple bound, pictorial wrappers. 5.5 x 7.5 in. Related to the protests at Columbia University in 1968 resulting from Columbia's institutional associations with organizations involved in the Vietnam War. Another inciting factor was a gym being constructed in nearby Morningside Park that was perceived as being designed to engage in segregation in disregard of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 2 copies. Vote New Politics Party 1968. Ann-Arbor, MI: New Politics Effort/Cleaver-Hochman Campaign, 1968. Pamphlet for Eldridge Cleaver's presidential campaign with his platforms on the war in Vietnam, schools, housing, jobs, taxes, and more. Printed in red. Overall 11 x 8.5 in. Which Side Are You On. July 2, 1969. Vol. 1 No. 1. [Eugene, Oregon]: [ASUO/Eugene Black Panther Party]. 11.5 x 16.5 in. The masthead states "published by the people and for the people," though context confrims that the Eugene Black Panther Party and the Associated Students, University of Oregon (ASUO) published the 4-page newspaper. Articles include "Liberation Will Come from a Black Thing," a profile of Eugene Panther Captain Howard D. Anderson, and coverage of the trial of Kip Morgan and David Gwyther who were prosecuted for disrupting Selective Service meetings. Not listed in Danky-Hady. Very scarce, only one copy found in OCLC located at the University of Oregon. Appears to be the only issue published. Free Huey! [Chicago]: [Black Panther Party/I.W.W. Printing Co-Op], n.d. (early 1970). Newsletter with Black Panther content focusing on political prisoners Erica Huggins. and Fred Hampton. 8.5 x 11 in. The Street Wall Journal. Three consecutive issues. May 13, 15, & 21, 1970. Vol I Nos. 1-3. New York: Committee to Defend the Panther 21. Each approx. 15.5 x 22 in. Printed as broadsides. Scarce, OCLC locates 5 copies. Panther 21 Trial News