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(CLEAVER, ELDRIDGE). Peace and Freedom Party. Berkeley, CA: Peace and Freedom Party, I00200610. 1968. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. Oblong Narrow 4to. Printed Bumper Sticker. Political Campaign Item. Near Fine.. One 4 x 14" adhesive-backed bumper sticker printed offset, recto only. In 1968, FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover vilified the Black Panthers as “the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States.” So, imagine the divide for the country when Eldridge Cleaver, author of “Soul on Ice", Senior Editor of "Ramparts" Magazine, and Minister of Information of the Black Panther Party qualified for the ballot in some twenty states that same year as the Presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party. The New York Times wrote that November, "Running on a platform of immediate withdrawal from Vietnam and support of the Black liberation movement, Eldridge Cleaver can present the only electoral challenge to the discreditable politics of Nixon, Humphrey, and Wallace." Printed on a day-glo orange, adhesive-backed heavy paper stock at Berkeley Graphic Arts, this was the California Peace and Freedom Party's "Cleaver For President" 1968 election bumper sticker featuring their Dove with a broken chain graphic along with the iconic Black Panther Party logo. Sadly, as we all know, Richard Nixon was the victorious candidate in that fateful election... A bright, unused vintage example of this bit of countercultural political history with its backing still attached showing just a bit of unobtrusive, light soiling (photo shows reflection of protective shrinkwrap around the sticker). Inventory Number: 026510