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1969 Black Panther Party leader arrested by FBI
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1969 Black Panther Party leader arrested by FBI

Item # 728233 ·

DAILY WORLD, New York, Aug. 21, 1969

* Bobby Seale captured by the FBI
* Black Panther Party co-founder
* African American revolutionary 
* "Black Power" movement 

This publication, The World, represents the official voice and ideological "mouthpiece" of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold War.
The front page has a nice headline in bold lettering: "PANTHER LEADER SNATCHED BY FBI" with photo of Bobby Seale. (see images) Coverage continues on page 3.
This publication was largely distributed by hand at political rallies and anti-war demonstrations rather than sold at mainstream newsstands. Consequently, most copies were treated as ephemeral flyers and discarded, while the remaining pool of survivors was severely limited because the political stigma of the late Cold War deterred ordinary citizens from intentionally archiving communist literature in their homes.
Complete with 12 pages, very nice condition.

Background: The August 1969 arrest of Bobby Seale captured a critical inflection point where the civil rights movement, anti-war resistance, and state-sanctioned suppression collided at the height of the Cold War. Seale’s capture by the FBI on federal conspiracy charges—stemming from the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests—directly set the stage for the infamous "Chicago Eight" trial, a stark symbol of the Nixon administration's aggressive use of the legal system to neutralize radical political dissent. By framing the leader of the Black Panther Party as a political prisoner, the newspaper actively documented and fueled a growing, cross-continental solidarity movement that bridged traditional Marxist-Leninist organizations with the vanguard of the Black Power movement, cementing this specific media artifact as an artifact of American political radicalism.

Category: The 20th Century
Price
$68
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.