Power to the People
name: label: referenced
content: Black Panther Party
notes: label: Description
content: The New York Panther 21 were members of the Black Panthers who were accused of coordinating bombing attacks on police stations in New York City. All were acquitted.
label: Description
content: The poster features a Black man, his left arm raised, his hands in a fist. There is a chain around his wrist. He wears his hair in an afro. His head is tilted back and his mouth is open as if shouting. He is wearing a jacket with a sweater underneath. The abstract background is made up of black crossed lines resembling windows or bars in a cage. These lines are set against a neon yellow, orange, pink, and red background. There is a series of six abstract conical figures that resemble New York City's Chrysler Building or Empire State Building. On the right side of the poster are the words "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" in bold red, uppercase letters. In very small print in the bottom right of the poster are the words, "The Committe[sic] to Defend the Panther 21, 37 Union Square West, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10003," followed by a seven digit phone number. Below these words are the letters "ARM." In the bottom left of the poster, in red, uppercase letters, are the words "FREE THE NEW YORK PANTHER 21."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: general subject association
content: Black Power Movement
label: general subject association
content: African American History
label: general subject association
content: African American
label: general subject association
content: Protest and Civil Disobedience
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content: Political History: Political History
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jane Griffin Yeingst and William H. Yeingst
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0092.09
label: accession number
content: 1996.0092
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0092.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 1/2 in x 29 1/2 in; 105.41 cm x 74.93 cm