Free Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins
- Approximately 5 x 8 inches. Near fine with tiny chip to upper margin
- Los Angeles, California , 1970
Los Angeles, California, 1970. Approximately 5 x 8 inches. Near fine with tiny chip to upper margin. Near fine.. A handbill for a rally outside the 300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, protesting the trials of Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and Ericka Huggins, founder of the BPP's New Haven chapter. In 1970, as part of the 1969–1971 New Haven Black Panther trials, Seale and Huggins were tried for the murder of suspected FBI informant Alex Rackley. The flier advertises speakers from the BPP, the "C.U.P.P." (unknown, possibly a branch of the BPP) and the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis. Charges against Seale and Huggins were dismissed in 1971 after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. We find no other examples on WorldCat.