This poster of Huey P. Newton was made from a photo taken by Eldridge Cleaver in 1967 at civil rights attorney Beverly Axelrod's house. Eldridge made the original posters and then gave them to the Black Panther Party to sell. It quickly became the leading poster of its time and was sold throughout the world. The poster is a symbol of man's evolution in self-defense, from the spear and shield to the shotgun.
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