FBI Wanted poster for Angela Davis

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FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) wanted poster for Angela Yvonne Davis, dated August 1970. The poster features two pictures of Davis as well as descriptive information about her physical features. The poster also details information about why she is wanted by the FBI. The back of the poster has a list of addresses and telephone numbers of the FBI special agents who should be contacted with any information. On recto, headlined on a wide black background at the top in, the poster reads: [WANTED / BY THE / FBI / INTERSTATE FLIGHT – MURDER, KIDNAPING / ANGELA DAVIS YVONNE DAVIS / FBI No. 867,615 G]. depicted in the source image is professor and political activist Angela Davis, in two black-and-white photographs. In the left photo she wears a dark v-neck blouse. In the right photo she wears tinted eyeglasses and a patterned sweater. Between both photographs is typed: [Alias: “Tamu”].

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