Huey Newton, Black Panther Minister of Defense
Object Details
- Created by
- Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Photograph by
- Blair Stapp
- Subject of
- Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
- Description
- A poster of Huey Newton sitting in a rattan throne chair wearing a beret and a black leather jacket while holding a shotgun in his right hand and a spear in his left hand. Leaning against the wall on either side of the chair is a leaf-shaped, Zulu style shield with designs of horizontal line markings across the front. Beneath the chair is a zebra print rug. Along the bottom of the print is the text [The racist dog policemen must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality and torture of black people, or face the wrath of the armed people]. The poster is lined with a sheet of linen backed paper.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1968
- Object number
- 2011.58
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- portraits
- posters
- Medium
- lithographic ink on paper with linen backing
- Dimensions
- H x W (w/ mat border): 34 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (88.3 × 59.7 cm)
- H x W (w/out mat border): 34 5/8 × 23 3/8 in. (87.9 × 59.4 cm)
- Place made
- Emeryville, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Black Power (Black Pride)
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Black power
- Justice
- Politics
- Resistance
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.58
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51b2fbbf6-2462-42ca-bdcb-9d508ecdcd24
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