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(BLACK PANTHERS.) Banner reading "Stop the Trial" from a protest rally against the trial of the Chicago Eight. Linen banner, 23 x 38 inches, with silkscreen lettering; minor wear including splits to the lettering at folds. [Chicago, 29 October 1969]
This banner was used at a protest against the Chicago Eight trials, in which Bobby Seale and 7 white "Yippie" leaders were charged with inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Seale was ordered by the judge to be bound and gagged by the judge, and a week after this "Stop the Trial" banner was flown, he was sentenced to 4 years in prison for contempt of court. Provenance: collection of Jacques Morgan (1950-2012), owner of Idle Time Books in Washington DC; sold by his wife Val to the consignor. with--a wire photograph, "Protest Trial of Eight on Riot Charges," showing Panther leader Fred Hampton and Benjamin Spock in front of another example of the banner, Chicago, 29 October 1969.
