Stay in the Streets, Free the Panthers
Title
Stay in the Streets, Free the Panthers
Subject
Black Power
Description
This Black Panther Party button addresses the effort to free Black Panther members imprisoned by the state and federal government during the Black Power era. The Panthers were subjected to widespread repression and a particular target of the FBI's COINTELPRO programs, which categorized the organization as a domestic terrorist group. To movement activists and allies, these prisoners were more accurately described as political prisoners.
Creator
Black Panther Party
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
ca. late-1960s
Format
Button
Type
Physical Object
Collection
Citation
Black Panther Party, “Stay in the Streets, Free the Panthers,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed December 11, 2024, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/215.