FBI Wanted poster for Angela Davis
date: label: Date
content: August 18, 1970
name: label: Created by
content: Federal Bureau of Investigation, American, founded 1908
label: Subject of
content: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
label: Signed by
content: J. Edgar Hoover, American, 1935 - 1972
notes: label: Description
content: FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) wanted poster for Angela Yvonne Davis, dated August 1970. The poster features two pictures of Davis as well as descriptive information about her physical features. The poster also details information about why she is wanted by the FBI. The back of the poster has a list of addresses and telephone numbers of the FBI special agents who should be contacted with any information.
label: Description
content: On recto, headlined on a wide black background at the top in, the poster reads: [WANTED / BY THE / FBI / INTERSTATE FLIGHT – MURDER, KIDNAPING / ANGELA DAVIS YVONNE DAVIS / FBI No. 867,615 G]. Pictured below is professor and political activist Angela Davis, in two black-and-white photographs. In the left photo she wears a dark v-neck blouse. In the right photo she wears tinted eyeglasses and a patterned sweater. Between both photographs is typed: [Alias: “Tamu”]. The poster includes a physical description and fingerprint classification of Davis. Below that is written a justification for her arrest: [ANGELA DAVIS IS WANTED ON KIDNAPING AND MURDER CHARGES GROWING OUT OF AN ABDUCTION AND SHOOTING IN MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ON AUGUST 7, 1970, SHE ALLEGEDLY HAS PURCHASED SEVERAL GUNS IN THE PAST, CONSIDER POSSIBLE ARMED AND DANGEROUS. / A Federal warrant was issued on August 15. 1970, at San Francisco, California, charging Davis with unlawful interstate flight to avoid prosecution for murder and kidnaping (Title 18, U. S. Code, Section 1073). / IF YOU HAVE AN INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE NOTIFY ME OR CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE. TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES OF ALL FBI OFFICES LISTED ON BACK.].
label: Description
content: The poster is signed by J. Edgar Hoover: [DIRECTOR / FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVSTIGATION / UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535 / TELEPHONE, NATIONAL 8-7117]. In the lower left corner is typed: [Entered NCIC / Wanted Flyer 457 / August 18. 1970]. On verso, leftmost, are listed every city, building address, and telephone number of the U.S. based FBI locations.
label: Description
content: On verso, rightmost is typed a notice of official business and penalty for private use; indication of FBI paid postage, and an addressee: [Superintendent – U.S.P.S. / Vanowen Station / Van Nuys, Calif. 91407].
place: label: Place made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
label: Movement
content: Black Power (Black Pride)
label: Exhibition
content: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Andrew Breitbart and Michael Silver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.146
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: lithographic ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 x 10 7/16 in. (40.6 x 26.5 cm)