Professor Morris J. Lansky Defense Fund Contribution Letter

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Perhaps Arizona, late 1970, early 1971. Three sheets, 8 ½ by 11 inches, with two stapled at the upper left corner. Dark yellow stock. Printed on single sides only. A letter explaining the plight of Professor Morris J. Lansky, accompanied by a short biography page. The letter details his struggles with Arizona State University after he addressed students at an anti-racism rally. The Arizona State Board of Regents brought charges against him, which after a public hearing, were dismissed. Despite this, he was dismissed from ASU in June of 1970. He was then declined for a temporary position in California due to this interaction. Various suits were brought against ASU and California. The letter sought to establish a "Committee of 1000," to raise $1000 for his legal expenses. Morris J. Lansky was a professor and was one of the first citizens to use the Freedom of Information Act to discover that he was subjected to the FBI's COINTELPRO, revealing he had been subject to illegal wiretaps and surveillance. VERY GOOD condition. Vertical fold creases present. Minor wrinkling. Very Good .

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Book number: 019141

Catalogue: Radical Studies

Keywords: Noisbn Social Movements

Public Protest Meeting. The South Philadelphia Young Socialist League... Monday December 22, 1913. Handbill/Flier

Philadelphia, Reliance Printing, 1913. Unbound. Single sheet, 5 ½"x 9". A call to a protest meeting against the police abuse of people taking part in the Cloak-Makers strike in Philadelphia, as well as against the machinist strike in Erie, PA and the Miners Strike in Calumet, MI and Colorado. Held by the South Philadelphia Young Socialist League, a group not affiliated with the British organization of the same name. GOOD condition. Edges have minor chipping and loss. Faint horizontal fold crease present. Paper rather browned. Good .

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Book number: 018543

Catalogue: Radical Studies

Keywords: Noisbn Communism, Socialism, Marxism Social Movements

Raised Fist, Black Power Pinback

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. Raised Fist, Black Power Pinback. No publisher, place or date. Presumed late 1960s, perhaps printed in the Boston area. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Safety pin style back. This pinback maybe circa 1968 based on provenance. According to the previous owner, this pinback may have been acquired at an event where Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) was speaking. The former owner was an editor and author for a Boston underground newspaper, and if their recollections are accurate, they were at this event to interview Kwame Ture. VERY GOOD condition. small dark stuff on the curl. Reverse of the pinback rather rusted. Very Good .

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Book number: 018744

Catalogue: Pinbacks