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THBAngela Davis Black Panther Poster, Philadelphia, 1972
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Printed poster, 14 x 22 in., promoting a speech given by Angela Davis at Temple University on November 4, 1972 to promote Communist Party Candidates in the 1972 elections. N.d., ca 1972. Poster features a striking photograph of Angela Davis standing at a lectern with fists raised in the air, with bolt text banner above, reading, "Elections '72." Below, text banner invites readers to "Meet Communist Party Candidates," including "Gus Hall for President, Jarvis Tyner for Vice-President, and Anthony Monteiro for U.S. Congress." Other entertainment listed includes "The Visitors Carl & Earl Grubbs," "Teddy Panama — A Latin Ensemble," and a "Sincere Choral Ensemble." List price for tickets available at numerous book and record stores around campus range from ten to three dollars. Bottom of poster identifies the event sponsor as the "November 4th Committee, a coalition of Temple University student organizations."
Angela Davis (b. 1944) grew up in the "Dynamite Hill" area of Birmingham, AL, so named for the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) bombings aimed to scare off middle-class African American families that lived there. Davis went to a segregated elementary school, experiencing racism and discrimination, but also being exposed to then-radical ideas due to her mother's work with the NAACP.
While studying in France, Davis was moved by the deaths of three young women she knew who were killed in the 1963 Birmingham Church bombing committed by the KKK. Davis finished her studies at Brandeis University, and joined the Black Panther Party and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) by 1967. Continuing her education by earning a Master's degree from the University of California at San Diego in 1968, Davis took an even more radical step by becoming a member of the American Communist Party.
Davis' life would take many unexpected turns from that point onward, including her being listed on the FBI Most Wanted list for her alleged involvement in the fatal Marin County Courthouse breakout attempt. The guns used in the attempt were recorded as having been purchased in Davis' name, therefore she was wanted in connection with the crime. She was eventually tried rather publicly in 1972, and cleared of all charges. Davis was not swayed from her activism by this traumatic event, however. She went on to further her cherished causes by leading movements against the prison-industrial complex, planning visits and delivering speeches to crowds in Cuba, the USSR, and East Germany, and teaching Ethnic and Feminist Studies at San Francisco State University, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and other schools around the nation.
The influence Davis has had on the political stage is staggering, but she has also inspired numerous artistic efforts as well, including the song "Angela" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the song "Sweet Black Angel" by the Rolling Stones, and the painting The Funerals of Togliatti by Renato Guttuso. Davis remains an important political activist still today, speaking out for social justice and equality as recently as the Women's March on Washington of January, 2017.
Light wear at edges including spots of discoloration and minor creasing. Otherwise poster in fine condition.Condition
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