[FBI wanted poster - Angela Davis]
Print
[FBI wanted poster - Angela Davis]
Wanted by the FBI Interstate Flight, Murder, Kidnapping / Angela Yvonne Davis
1970
Offset lithograph
Image (each): 4 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (11.1 × 8.8 cm)
Paper: 12 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (32.8 × 21.4 cm)
Matted: 18 × 14 × 3/16 in. (45.7 × 35.5 × 0.4 cm)
Gift of Federal Bureau of Investigation
1970.0179.0014
Inscriptions printed in black ink on recto, TC: WANTED BY THE FBI \ INTERSTATE FLIGHT - MURDER, KIDNAPING [sic]; printed in black ink on recto, C: ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS; printed in black ink on recto, BC: DESCRIPTION \ Born January 26, 1944, Birmingham, Alabama; Height, 5'8"; Weight, 145 \ pounds; Build, slender; Hair, black; Eyes, brown; Complexion, light \ brown; Race, negro; Nationality, American; Occupation, teacher; Scars \ and marks, small scars on both knees. \ CAUTION \ ANGELA DAVIS IS WANTED ON KIDNAPING [sic] AND MURDER CHARGES GROWING OUT OF AN \ ABDUCTION AND SHOOTING IN MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ON AUGUST 7, 1970. \ SHE ALLEGEDLY HAS PURCHASED SEVERAL GUNS IN THE PAST. CONSIDER POSSIBLY \ ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
TextAngela Davis was wanted by the FBI because of her work publicizing the case of the Soledad Brothers, in which three African American men—George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Clutchette—were accused of murdering a white prison guard. The case came to a head when Jackson’s brother held a judge, district attorney, and three jury members hostage outside a courtroom. Four people died in the resulting shootout, and Davis was charged with interstate flight, murder, and kidnapping for her alleged involvement. She went into hiding but was eventually captured; at trial, the jury found her not guilty. She has become an iconic advocate and activist in the modern movement for women’s rights, civil rights, and prison reform.
—Label text, History of Photography [Rotation 15]
—Label text, History of Photography [Rotation 15]
