Western Union telegram from "fifty outraged citizens at Franconia NH" demanding the relase of Cleveland Sellers from prison and denouncing the acts of brutality perpetuated against students during the Orangeburg Massacre.
Western Union telegram denouncing Orangeburg Massacre as an act of genocide. The creators demand police and troops to be withdrawn from Orangeburg and that all charges against demonstrators be dropped.
Set of two adjoined flyers possibly distributed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to be presumably distributed to local or national student groups. The text advocates the use of civil disobedience as well as the use of self defense with use of "guns and strategy." The flyer also recommends pledging support for H. Rap Brown, Cleveland Sellers, and others.
Resolution from the Student Legislative Council of the University of California at Los Angeles condemning the attack of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and the National Guard upon students in Orangeburg. The Council demands that the perpetrators of violence at Orangeburg be brought to court to "answer for their crimes."
Photograph of Cleveland Sellers and sizable group of African American associates present at a forum in front of a black audience. Sellers sits in front of a microphone. A large poster of Malcolm X is posted on the wall behind Sellers as well as a poster featuring two black children which reads "Land is the Basis of All Power." May be related to the Black Power movement.
Photograph of Cleveland Sellers in 1973 possibly taken outside of prison following Sellers' release. Sellers is sitting under a tree possibly wearing prison garb.
Photograph of Cleveland Sellers and associate Willie Ricks standing in a yard in front of a home. May have been taken in the 1970s upon Sellers' release from prison.
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