This powerful black-and-white poster captures a pivotal moment in American history: a member of the Black Panther Party in Chicago, 1969, fist raised in defiant solidarity. The image, taken by renowned photojournalist Charles Harbutt for Magnum Photos, radiates urgency, pride, and political resistance at the height of the civil rights era.
Harbutt’s lens doesn’t just document a movement—it immerses us in its emotional core. The subject, shot from a low angle, commands the frame with a clenched fist and steely gaze, symbolizing the Panther’s revolutionary spirit and their demand for justice, dignity, and self-determination. The leather jacket, the crowd barely visible behind, and the concrete wall echo the grit and tension of the urban battlegrounds where the Panthers fought not only for civil rights, but for survival.
Printed in Switzerland and published under the prestigious Magnum Photos agency, this 1969 original is more than a poster—it is a historic artifact of resistance, a visual manifesto from the frontline of Black empowerment.
A rare and essential piece for collectors of social justice memorabilia, 1960s photography, or radical political art, this poster remains as striking and relevant today as the day it was printed.
Politics - Black Power - Racism - United States
Magnum Plot - Charles Harbutt
Printed in Switzerland
Good condition, tears, pinholes
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