Temple (Philadelphia) Free Press. January 13, 1969. (vol. 1 No. 19
Philadelphia: Freedom Press, Inc, 1969. Tabloid. Good. Item #022788
Side folding tabloid format newspaper. 12 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this underground newspaper embracing radical, left wing and socialist causes (with a Marxist-Leninist bent). The Temple Free Press originated at Temple University, evolving from a college newspaper to a radical paper under the editorship of Bill Baggins, changing its name to the Philadelphia Free Press. This issue with front page coverage of the overreaction of the Delaware government to protests staged by the Black community in Wilmington due to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rear cover with an article on Black culture in reference to an African American history conference at Temple. GOOD condition. Moderate toning to the paper. Some offsetting to the rear page. Minor curling, bumping and creasing along the top edge. Light soiling.
Price: $35.00