Come See About Huey: Demonstrate!

[New Haven, Ct, 1970. Very good.. Broadsheet, 14 x 8.5 inches. Minor edge wear, light soiling and foxing, soft horizontal fold. Small ink notation at bottom noting "Feb - 1970." A striking broadsheet advertising a Black Panther demonstration at the Federal Building in New Haven in early 1970, to protest the manslaughter verdict against Huey Newton. The demonstration, organized by the New Haven Chapter of the Black Panther Party, is set for February 22, the same day Newton's appeal was scheduled to be heard in the California Supreme Court. The front of the broadsheet is illustrated with a large photographic portrait of Newton surrounded by the familiar call to "FREE HUEY." The verso features a smaller portrait of Newton, advertising a "Huey P. Newton Birthday Benefit" on February 14 at Lee High School in New Haven. All proceeds were earmarked for the Huey P. Newton Defense Fund. The text is all printed around a large central figure of a militant African-American character holding a grenade in one hand and a rifle in the other.