- Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
- Title:
- Welton Armstead Murdered by Seattle Pigs
- Creator:
- Black Panther Party, Seattle Chapter
- Contributor to Resource:
- University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
- Date of Original:
- 1969
- Subject:
- Black Panther Party
School breakfast programs--Washington (State)--Seattle
Racism--Washington (State)--Seattle
Civil rights--Washington (State)--Seattle
Human rights--Washington (State)--Seattle - People:
- Armstead, Welton, -1968
- Location:
- United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207
- Medium:
- pamphlets
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Alternative title: Ministry of Information Bulletin #2 ... Peoples News Service Calls for: “All Power to the People ... Free the Seattle 5 ... Free Huey, Free Bobby ... Seize the Time.” Quote from document: “[Welton] Butch [Armstead] was shot down right before the eyes of his mother and sister. They stood and pleaded helplessly as the racist dog pig Erling Buttedahl took the life of their brother and son. Butch was taken to the infirmary (and robbed of sixty dollars by pig vultures on the way) while Mrs. Mapps and his sister were taken to jail for interfering with murder. The cop was tried and after four hours of deliberating was (in the usual tradition)...acquitted.” Background information: “The most visible local representatives of the nationwide ‘Black Power’ movement, the Seattle Black Panther Party was formed in April 1968 to oppose what members saw as police-initiated violence against black people. Though they were noted for occasionally carrying firearms and for militant, Marxist rhetoric, the Black Panthers also provided many services to the community. In Seattle, they started a free medical clinic, a prison visitation program, a statewide program to test for sickle-cell anemia, a tutoring program for students and a free-breakfast program for poor kids.” ( Black Panther Party, Seattle chapter. (2004, February 09). The Seattle Times.com, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/blackhistorymonth/2001852570_history09.html ) Background information: Huey Newton, cofounder with Bobby Seale of the Black Panther Party, was in prison for voluntary manslaughter of an Oakland police officer during the "Free Huey" campaign. Background information: Between 1970 and 1971, Bobby Seale (along with Ericka Hugins) was "tried for the 1969 murder of a Black Panther suspected of being a police informer. The six-month-long trial ended with a hung jury." (Bobby Seale. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 17, 2004, from Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article?eu=3007 )
News Education Opinion
Racism Civil liberties Human rights - general Socialism/labor - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/protests/id/311
- IIIF manifest:
- http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/iiif/2/protests:311/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
- Extent:
- 28 x 21.5 cm
- Original Collection:
- Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Vietnam War era ephemera collection. Accession No. 6209-001, Box 2/8 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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