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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Black Panther Party "It's All the Same" flyer, circa 1969

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

A flyer produced by the Black Panther Party featuring art by Douglas Emory, titled "It's All the Same." The image features three identical pigs in uniform carrying assault rifles, napalm, mace, and gas. The pigs are labeled local police, National Guard, and Marines.

Dates: circa 1969

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

Black Panther Party Ministry of Information Christmas card, circa 1969-1970

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

One of twelve Christmas cards designed by Black Panther Party Minister of Information Emory Douglas, and printed by the Party ca. 1969-70. The cover features Douglas' illustration of a pig in a torn uniform with head, arm, and foot wrapped in bandages and leaning on a crutch, with the caption "Battle Fatigue," alongside an Eldridge Cleaver quote on “What Is a Pig?”

Dates: circa 1969-1970