Black Panther Party
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Black Panther Party "Message to America", 1970-06-19
Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31151034443808], 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