"SDS BLACK POWER DAY" EARLY BLACK PANTHER PARTY SINGLE DAY EVENT BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$1,180.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #229 Part I
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Item Description
1.5" w/union bugs on curl. Produced for an event at University of California Berkeley only two weeks after Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party. A crowd approaching 10,000 attended the event that featured Stokely Carmichael then transitioning from his lead role at SNCC having accepted the position of "Honorary Prime Minister" of the BPP. NM displaying Mint. An important historical button from the Bay area combining the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and BPP.  
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