Free Angela Davis, "Liberte Pour Angela!" 1972

Angela Davis, Black Panter

Newspaper

Black Panter: French newspapers call to Free Angela Davis. February 1972. “Liberte pour Angela!” Bulletin de l’APN. Published by official Soviet news agency in France, L’Agence de Presse Novosti. In French. 4 pages. 17 x 12 inches. Image of Angela Davis with raised fist on front cover. 2 illustrated portraits of Angela Davis on page 4. In 1971 the CIA estimated that five percent of Soviet propaganda efforts were directed towards the Angela Davis campaign. Soviet press used Angela Davis to highlight the civil rights issues and racial problems in the United States, posing it as a negative societal result of Capitalism. Price listed as “1 kopeck.” At the time this article was written, Davis was imprisoned and facing federal charges after appearing on the FBI’s list of most wanted fugitives. In 1970, guns belonging to Davis were used in an armed takeover of a courtroom in Marin County, California, in which four people were killed. Charged with three capital felonies, Davis was held in jail for over a year before being acquitted of all charges in 1972. In the months following her ruling as not guilty, Davis went on a speaking tour of many Communist countries which offerd her support. She visited the Soviet Union at the invitation of the Central Committee where she received an honorary doctorate from Moscow State University; in 1979, she again returned to the USSR to receive the Lenin Peace Prize. Includes statements of support from prominent Soviet figures such as Valentina Tereshkova (first woman in space). In very good condition.

Item #17186

Price: $285.00