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A reprint of the 1966 Black Panther Party platform, including the Ten Point Program, the guiding principles of Black Panther Party action.

Picture of Beethoven Bicentennial Collection Vol. IV Piano Sonatas vinyl record, on sleeve case

Gloria Arellanes was a the former Minister of Finance for the Brown Berets; eventually, she would leave the group to pursue her passion for social work by working in clinics (in the Los Angeles area) and founder the women’s group, Las Adelitas de…

This folio surrounds a scene in which a diliqan/dihqaii (landlord) who invites a city dweller into his garden. The orchard is described as “adorned like the garden of paradise”, with rich grapevines and trees bearing apples, pears, and…

In the image, the dihqaii stands in his orchard, gesturing to it as the city dweller pulls down the slender branch of a pomegranate tree and rips off a fruit. Other limbs of the tree hang damaged as if they have also been ravaged. Interestingly, the…

There is contrast within the illustration between the four youths enjoying themselves in the pavilion, a common image in Persian painting associated with the idea of the garden as paradise.

Below the garden scene at the gate, a gardener gives some grapes to a beggar on the street as an act of charity, a striking contrast to the violent actions of the city dweller.