[DAVIS, ANGELA (b. 1944)]. 5 items, incl. posters, flyers, and a photograph documenting the effort to acquit Angela Davis, ca 1970-1977.

Lot comprised of four posters and one photograph dating from the incarceration of Angela Davis in connection with the Marin County Civil Center Attack and the resulting effort to "Free Angela Davis" prior to her acquittal.

Items include: A Rally for Angela. San Francisco, CA, 1972. 17 1/4 x 22 3/4 in. poster mounted on board advertising a meeting to take place at the Longshoremens' Hall in San Francisco (central vertical crease, chips, some loss to edges and corners). Angela Davis l'enchainement. Stand-Art, 1977. 22 1/2 x 30 in. poster produced for a film by Jean-Daniel Simon from 1977 (folds). -- Committee to Free Angela Davis Presents "A Family Affair" Dance. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. flyer for a dance (toning). Philadelphia, PA, 17 December 1971. --7 1/4 x 14 in. double-sided flyer for the book If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance, edited by Angela Davis. -- 4 5/8 x 6 3/4 in. press photograph of Davis dated 18 August 1970, with typed caption affixed to verso describing the image (penciled notations and ink stamps on verso).

Together, 5 items identified to Angela Davis. Condition generally good.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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