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🌟 Rare Original Underground Newspaper 🌟
Issue: The Great Speckled Bird – January 11, 1971
Published in Atlanta, Georgia
📖 Complete issue – approx. 24 pages, full tabloid size (about 11" x 17").
đź“° One of the most important Southern underground newspapers, reporting on politics, activism, and counterculture in the early 1970s.
✨ Highlights in this issue include:
✊ Black Panther Party → “Panthers Sue Connecticut” piece on Erika Huggins & Bobby Seale trial
🕵️ CIA & Dope → expose on CIA involvement in global drug trade
🏛️ Nixon coverage → critiques of his policies, including attacks on unions (USALL)
📍 Guerrilla Attacks in the U.S., 1965–1970 → map documenting domestic unrest
🎶 Music coverage → Hampton Grease Band, J. Geils Band, Little Feat previews
👩 Women Re-organizing → Atlanta Women’s Liberation organizing piece
📰 Comics & Culture → Funky Funnies, survival guides, satire ads
📅 Calendar listings & classifieds → grassroots activism and community events
📌 Condition:
Some light toning, edge wear, and a small stain noted on the “Hot Shit” page, but overall complete and solid for a paper over 50 years old.
🎯 A must-have collectible for fans of radical history, underground press, and Black Panther Party ephemera — plus great early 70s rock ads.
The Great Speckled Bird | January 11, 1971 | Underground Newspaper | Black Panther Trial, Nixon, CIA & Dope, Hampton Grease Band
$45.00