"SDS BLACK POWER DAY" IMPORTANT 1966 BLACK PANTHER BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$1,186.02 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
11
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #236 Session I
Value Code:
J - $700 to $1,000 Help Icon
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. Two tiny indentations just below the Panther's claws w/slightly uneven surface to the touch. Exc. as made. An important historical button from the Bay area combining the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and BPP.
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