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Newspaper

Date Made: October 1968
Country: German Democratic Republic

Materials: paper
Measurements: 34 cm x 26 cm; 13 3/8 in x 10 1/4 in

Includes a special report on America's African American issue, including Martin Luther King's funeral and the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute. The historical moment captured by the report reflects a shift from Civil Rights to Black Power within the US and thus the rise in prominence of crucial socialist Black American activists, including Angela Davis and, broadly speaking, the Black Panther Party. By heroizing these figures who stood against the racist capitalist oppression in the US, the GDR presented itself as opposed to racism.

Accession Number: 2012.733.003

On View: Yes


		

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