The Great Speckled Bird | January 11, 1971 | Underground Newspaper | Black Panther Trial, Nixon, CIA & Dope, Hampton Grease Band

🌟 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").
📰 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.