CARL HAMPTON Carl Lives

Sale 2377 - Lot 219

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

CARL HAMPTON. Carl Lives! Black and white poster. 17-3/8 x 23 inches, linen-backed; faint creases where once folded. Houston, Texas July 1970

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An uncommon poster of Carl Hampton. Hampton was killed by the Houston Police Department's Central Intelligence Division. At 21, he had established himself as a leader, working tirelessly to establish The People's Party II, a black revolutionary group modeled after the Black Panther Party. His outspoken statements drew the attention of both local law enforcement as well as FBI interest. While walking home on a hot summer afternoon in 1970, Hampton saw two local policemen harassing a young man who was selling the Panther Newspaper. Hampton intervened, which soon led to a ten-day standoff with the police that ended with snipers shooting him from a rooftop.