1969 Sinclair Woodstock
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RARE ORIGINAL 1969 JOHN SINCLAIR POSTER from WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL Poetry is Rev
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This is an EXTREMELY RARE Poster of John Sinclair. "Poetry is Revolution" It actually came from the 1969 3 day Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, NY. It was posted on a bulletin board and was shown in the movie.
The poster measures 17 x 21 inches and is intact but has some stains on the left side and normal aging. It has 2 pinholes on the top corners. (where it was hung on the bulletin board)
Being sold "AS IS". If you need additional info, then let me know. It will be shipped folded.
John Sinclair is an American poet, writer, and political activist from Flint, Michigan. The color photo is from the Woodstock Program that was given out at the Festival.(it is for reference only).
In 1968, while still working with the band, he conspicuously served as a founding member of the White Panther Party, a militantly anti-racist socialist group and counterpart of the Black Panthers.
After a series of convictions for possession of marijuana, Sinclair was sentenced to ten years in prison in 1969 after giving two joints to an undercover narcotics officer. The severity of his sentence sparked some high-profile protests, including an infamous incident at the 1969 Woodstock Festival wherein Yippie activist Abbie Hoffman jumped on the stage and seized a microphone during a performance by The Who. Hoffman managed to emit only a few growling words about Sinclair's plight before he was ejected from the stage by a guitar-wielding Pete Townshend.
This is your chance to own a real artifact from the Woodstock Music Festival..
The poster measures 17 x 21 inches and is intact but has some stains on the left side and normal aging. It has 2 pinholes on the top corners. (where it was hung on the bulletin board)
Being sold "AS IS". If you need additional info, then let me know. It will be shipped folded.
John Sinclair is an American poet, writer, and political activist from Flint, Michigan. The color photo is from the Woodstock Program that was given out at the Festival.(it is for reference only).
In 1968, while still working with the band, he conspicuously served as a founding member of the White Panther Party, a militantly anti-racist socialist group and counterpart of the Black Panthers.
After a series of convictions for possession of marijuana, Sinclair was sentenced to ten years in prison in 1969 after giving two joints to an undercover narcotics officer. The severity of his sentence sparked some high-profile protests, including an infamous incident at the 1969 Woodstock Festival wherein Yippie activist Abbie Hoffman jumped on the stage and seized a microphone during a performance by The Who. Hoffman managed to emit only a few growling words about Sinclair's plight before he was ejected from the stage by a guitar-wielding Pete Townshend.
This is your chance to own a real artifact from the Woodstock Music Festival..
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“1969 Sinclair Woodstock,” Wirtshafter Collection-Cannabis Museum-Athens, Ohio, accessed May 20, 2024, https://cannabismuseum.com/omeka/items/show/4050.