Author: Various authors
Title: Second City. Dec. 12-Dec. 26, 1968. Vol. 1, No. 2
Description: Chicago, The Guild Bookstore, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Newspaper tabloid format. 20 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Second City was an underground newspaper published by the Guild Bookstore. It met severe repression from local police, including members of the so-called "red squad" of the Chicago Police Department. Resorting to staged violence and other means of repression, the squad received support by the Army's 113th Military Intelligence Group (Rips, The Campaign Against the Underground Press, online source). This issue discusses the Walker report and other aspects of the aftermath of the 1968 Chicago protests; police harassing gay bars; violence in art; policing the police, etc. Rear cover is a full page ad urging people to shop at Black owned businesses for Christmas, providing a lengthy list and mentioning the SCLC Operation Breadbasket. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Moderate toning. Some creasing and minor tearing along the extremities. Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Underground Newspapers Social Movements


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