[BLACK PANTHERS]. JONES, Pirkle, artist. The Sky's the Limit if You Kill Huey Newton. Oakland, CA: Black Panther Party, ca 1968.

19 x 28 1/4 in. poster (creasing, pinholes, spots of discoloration/adhesive residue with some surface and paper loss at corners/edges). Poster features Black Panther Party logo and address, information for the Huey P. Newton Defense Fund, photography credit, and Graphic Arts of Marin County logo beneath title.

Three uniformed Black Panthers are featured standing on the steps of the Alameda County Court House, where Black Panther Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton stood trial from June to September 1968. Pirkle Jones captured this image on 30 July during a demonstration in support of Newton. RARE: second known example to appear at auction.

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[BLACK PANTHERS]. JONES, Pirkle, artist. The Sky's the Limit if You Kill Huey Newton. Oakland, CA: Black Panther Party, ca 1968.

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[BLACK PANTHERS]. JONES, Pirkle, artist. The Sky's the Limit if You Kill Huey Newton. Oakland, CA: Black Panther Party, ca 1968.

[BLACK PANTHERS]. JONES, Pirkle, artist. The Sky's the Limit if You Kill Huey Newton. Oakland, CA: Black Panther Party, ca 1968.

African Americana

[BLACK PANTHERS]. JONES, Pirkle, artist. The Sky's the Limit if You Kill Huey Newton. Oakland, CA: Black Panther Party, ca 1968.

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[BLACK PANTHERS]. JONES, Pirkle, artist. The Sky's the Limit if You Kill Huey Newton. Oakland, CA: Black Panther Party, ca 1968.