2-835-362 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Timeline poster about violence and killings against Black Panther members by the police. Originally named Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the Black Panther Party is an African American revolutionary movement founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Names (and photographs) of members persecuted by the police appear next to text describing their treatment by the state. Rows of squares mark the days of each month. Various squares are blacked out or filled with colour or patterns which correspond to a key at the bottom: Arrest & Release; Arrested & Charged; Violent Harassment; Police Raid; International; Escape & Exile; Murdered. On the bottom margin in the right corner is text that reads "Source: The Black Panther Black Community News Service."