May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(BLACK PANTHERS.) 10,000 Free Full Bags of Groceries. Double-sided photocopied flier, 14 x 8 1/2 inches; moderate toning, folds. Oakland, CA, 29 March 1972

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One side advertises a series of events for the Angela Davis People's Free Food Program, giving away bags of groceries with "a chicken in every bag" as well as free sickle-cell anemia tests as part of the Black Community Survival Conference. It is illustrated with photographs of Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins, and Ron Dellums. On verso is a spotlight on a 29 March performance by The Persuasions taking place on the first day of the conference.