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ELDRIDGE CLEAVER F.B.I. WANTED POSTER
Excellent original F.B.I. "Wanted" poster, 10 1/2" x 16", issued Dec. 13, 1968 for the arrest of Black Panther Party leader ELDRIDGE CLEAVER (1935-1998), on charges of interstate flight and assault with intent to commit murder. The poster features four photographs of Cleaver, two taken in 1966, and a front-and-side mugshot taken in 1968, from Cleaver''s arrest for his part in an ambush of Oakland Police Department officers, which resulted in the death of Panthers treasurer Bobby Hutton, with Cleaver and two police officers receiving wounds. Cleaver jumped bail and fled to Cuba to avoid the charges listed here, which stemmed from the shootout. The poster further lists Cleaver''s physical attributes, fingerprint classification, and criminal record, with this note of caution: "Cleaver allegedly has engaged officers in gun battle in the past. Consider armed and extremely dangerous." The poster bears the facsimile signature of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover at the conclusion, and postal information on the reverse indicates that the poster was mailed to the Baltimore office of the Pinkerton''s detective agency. The poster shows original mailing folds, else very good.

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