Poster for a rally in support of Huey Newton
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Designed by
content: Lisa Lyons, American
label: Distributed by
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Reies Tijerina, Mexican American, 1926 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Ivan Dixon, American, 1931 - 2008
label: Subject of
content: Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian American, 1941 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Eldridge Cleaver, American, 1935 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Bobby Seale, American, born 1936
label: Subject of
content: Mike Klonsky, American, born 1943
notes: label: Description
content: A paper poster for the Free Huey Rally at De Fremery Park, Oakland, California, 1968.
label: Description
content: Prominently depicted to the left, stretching the majority of the length of the poster, is Lisa Lyons design of a black panther. Lyons’s signature is printed in curling lowercase by the bottom claw of the panther. In large black block type from the top right going down, reads: [FREE HUEY / RALLY / SUNDAY JULY 28 / DE FREMERY / PARK / 1PM / Eldridge Cleaver / Bobby Seale / Stokely Carmichael / Reies Tijerina / Ivan Dixon / Mike Klonsky / National Secretary, SDS / Peace and Freedom / spokesman]. Towards the bottom of the poster, in line with the clawed foot of the panther, there is: [BARBEQUE! BLACK DANCERS! MUSICIANS! / THEATER!]. There are waves of wrinkling along the edges of the poster, recto. The back of the poster also shows wrinkling, and two small pieces of tape.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
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: 2019.28.20
objectType: 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: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21 11/16 × 17 1/8 in. (55.1 × 43.5 cm)