Requiem for Non-violence and Getting Eldridge Cleaver
Publication: New York: Eldridge Cleaver Fund, 1968.
Notes: Original 1968 flyer describing what happened to Eldridge Cleaver in the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King.
Originally published in Ramparts magazine in May 1968 and reprinted by the Eldridge Cleaver Fund, this double-sided broadside captures a pivotal moment in civil rights history. The first piece, "Requiem for Nonviolence," was dictated by Cleaver shortly after King's death and it ends, mid-sentence, interrupted by a phone call from the Black Panthers directing Cleaver to head to Oakland from San Francisco. The second article by Gene Marine provides context about Cleaver's subsequent arrest and injury during the protests.
8-1/2 by 11 inches; double-sided flyer.
Edition + Condition: Near fine.
Item No: #364927
Price: $200