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Chicago Conspiracy 8, Black Panther Original Poster [193152]

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Chicago Conspiracy 8, Black Panther Original Poster [193152]
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Choice, 24x20" original You Can't Jail the Revolution. Stop the Trial, Free the Conspiracy 8 poster. "The poster is unsigned, but although we don't know who the artist is, we do know its purpose. It was commissioned by the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy, a group of activists who were raising money for the eight men who were on trial. The group published a letter in the New York Review of Books to garner support. "That group included some prominent writers and intellectuals: Norman Mailer, Noam Chomsky, Dr. Spock, Susan Sontag," said Jason Nargis, a special collections librarian at Northwestern University who did archival research on the poster's origins. "They wrote this sort of call, saying that the anti-riot act € which is what they were using as justification for the trial € was un-American and unconstitutional and they called for support." The message on the poster still reverberates today. At protests against police violence, people continue to chant versions of "You can't jail the revolution" and raise their fists as a symbol of solidarity. More importantly, the history of the poster and its continuing relevance reflects the powerful relationship between visual images and the role they play in moving people to participate in social movements and protest. The text on the poster is directly tied to the trial and the events that led up to it.
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