Designed by:

Lisa Lyons, American  Search this

Distributed by:

Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982  Search this

Subject of:

Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989  Search this

Reies Tijerina, Mexican American, 1926 - 2015  Search this

Ivan Dixon, American, 1931 - 2008  Search this

Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian American, 1941 - 1998  Search this

Eldridge Cleaver, American, 1935 - 1998  Search this

Bobby Seale, American, born 1936  Search this

Mike Klonsky, American, born 1943  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W: 21 11/16 × 17 1/8 in. (55.1 × 43.5 cm)

Type:

posters

Place depicted:

Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1968

Description:

A paper poster for the Free Huey Rally at De Fremery Park, Oakland, California, 1968.

Prominently depicted to the left, stretching the majority of the length of the poster, is Lisa Lyons design of a black panther. Lyons’s signature is printed in curling lowercase by the bottom claw of the panther. In large black block type from the top right going down, reads: [FREE HUEY / RALLY / SUNDAY JULY 28 / DE FREMERY / PARK / 1PM / Eldridge Cleaver / Bobby Seale / Stokely Carmichael / Reies Tijerina / Ivan Dixon / Mike Klonsky / National Secretary, SDS / Peace and Freedom / spokesman]. Towards the bottom of the poster, in line with the clawed foot of the panther, there is: [BARBEQUE! BLACK DANCERS! MUSICIANS! / THEATER!]. There are waves of wrinkling along the edges of the poster, recto. The back of the poster also shows wrinkling, and two small pieces of tape.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Black power  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Design  Search this

Graphic design  Search this

Justice  Search this

Resistance  Search this

U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2019.28.20

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fd2ccb22-1597-4e44-bd7c-99e750c9764e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.28.20