[BLACK PANTHER PARTY]. Black is Beautiful poster. [With:] Photographic essays, incl. The Vanguard and Drums of Life.

Black is Beautiful. N.p.: n.p., ca late 1960s-early 1970s. 21 1/2 x 28 in. printed poster (light toning to edges, light edge wear). Three uniformed Black Panthers are featured standing on the steps of the Alameda County Court House, where Black Panther Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton stood trial from June to September 1968. After an image taken by Pirkle Jones on 30 July during a demonstration in support of Newton.

BARUCH, Ruth-Marion (1922-1997) and Pirkle JONES (1914-2009. The Vanguard: A Photographic Essay on the Black Panthers. Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. 4to. Photographic plates throughout. Original publisher's illustrated wrappers (creasing and edge wear to wrappers). -- HIGGINS, Chester Jr. (b. 1946) and Orde COOMBS (1939-1984). Drums of Life: A Photograph Essay on the Black Man in America. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1974. 4to. Photographic plates throughout. Original publisher's illustrated wrappers (full separation at spine between pages 28-29, creasing and edge wear to wrappers).

Together, 3 items.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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