EIGHT CIVIL RIGHTS BUTTONS INCL. PANTHERS, A. DAVIS, SOLEDAD BROTHERS, BILL EPTON AND MORE.
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Winning Bid:
$162.25
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Sizes are 1.5 to 2" all late 1960s to early 1970s. Panther encircled in barbed wire has 1969 copyright by maker Horn, Phila. "Soledad Brothers" were three black inmates accused of killing a white prison guard. Bill Epton was a NYC Communist activist and became known as "the first person convicted of criminal anarchy since the Red Scare of 1919". "Free The Houston 12" relates to those arrested during the 1978 Moody Park riot on the anniversary of the death of Jose Torres a Vietnam vet murdered by policemen, two of whom received riot sparking sentences of one year probation and a $1.00 fine. The San Quentin 6 is c. 1971-72 issued while the 6 inmates were on trial accused of participating in escape attempt that left six dead including George Jackson co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family. All are Exc. to Mint.
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