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Political Prisoners of U.S.A. Fascism

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Title

Political Prisoners of U.S.A. Fascism

Subject

Prisoner's Rights Movement and Black Power

Description

This button features Black Panther Party co-founders Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, who were viewed by many on the New Left and within the Black Power movement as political prisoners and symbols of racial injustice in the U.S. legal system.

Creator

unknown

Source

Roz Payne

Publisher

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date

ca. late-1960s or early-1970s

Format

Button

Type

Physical Object

Collection

Tags

Citation

unknown, “Political Prisoners of U.S.A. Fascism,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 2, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/203.

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