Huey Newton, Black Panther Minister of Defense - Black Panther poster - Original

Huey Newton, Black Panther Minister of Defense, a poster (lithographic print on paper with linen backing) by the Black Panther Party. Made in Emeryville, Alameda County, California.

Smithsonian description

A poster of Huey Newton sitting in a rattan throne chair wearing a beret and a black leather jacket while holding a shotgun in his right hand and a spear in his left hand. Leaning against the wall on either side of the chair is a leaf-shaped, Zulu style shield with designs of horizontal line markings across the front. Beneath the chair is a zebra print rug. Along the bottom of the print is the text [The racist dog policemen must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality and torture of black people, or face the wrath of the armed people]. The poster is lined with a sheet of linen backed paper.

Dimensions (per Smithsonian)

H x W (w/ mat border): 34 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (88.3 × 59.7 cm)

H x W (w/out mat border): 34 5/8 × 23 3/8 in. (87.9 × 59.4 cm)

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1968

National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Object number: 2011.58; Record ID: nmaahc_2011.58

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