Poster of Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party Co-founder

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A poster depicting Black Panther Party Co-founder Bobby Seale. The poster is printed in black ink on an off-white background and features a large, black-and-white photograph of Seale, taken by Alan Copeland, and a Seale quotation below. The top two thirds of the poster is dominated by the close-up photograph of Seale. Seale is shown from the neck up, with his head tilted slightly towards his proper left shoulder, and he is looking downwards. He is wearing a white turtleneck sweater under a houndstooth blazer. Seale has a circle beard and a small goatee. Printed in large, centered, black text at the bottom third of the poster, directly under the photograph, is a Seale quotation that reads [If we worry about what's going to happen to us, / we couldn't accomplish anything…. Justice is / gonna come when the mass of people rise up / and see justice done….

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