<I>Huey Newton, Black Panther Minister of Defense </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Created by
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
label: Photograph by
content: Blair Stapp
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place made
content: Emeryville, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Resistance
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Black Power (Black Pride)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.58
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lithographic ink on paper with linen backing
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (w/ mat border): 34 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (88.3 × 59.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (w/out mat border): 34 5/8 × 23 3/8 in. (87.9 × 59.4 cm)