(BLACK PANTHERS) Ruchell Magee Has Been Illegally Held as a

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(BLACK PANTHERS.) Ruchell Magee Has Been Illegally Held as a Slave in California Since 1963. 4 pages, 14 1/2 x 10 inches, printed in red and black on one folding sheet; several short closed tears, minor foxing and wear. [San Francisco, November 1972]

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A pamphlet in support of Ruchell Magee, the only survivor among the four prisoners who attempted to escape from the Marin County Courthouse in 1970 by taking a judge hostage. He is today regarded by some as America's longest-held political prisoner. This pamphlet features several quotes by Magee along with a portrait, and argues that "His fight is our fight, slaves have the right to rebel." It requests support at his upcoming trial, to be held in San Francisco on 27 November 1972. Only one copy in OCLC. with--2 copies of an illustrated flier, "Soledad Brother Beaten . . . Support John Clutchette," 4 December [1970].