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(BLACK PANTHERS.) Free the Soledad Brothers. Berkeley, CA: Soledad Brothers Defense Committee, [1970-71] Poster, 22½ x 17½ inches; minimal wear and offsetting.  On 13 January 1970, three Black inmates at Soledad Prison were shot by a prison guard for engaging in a fistfight. The ensuing investigation exonerated the guard; within an hour, another white prison guard was killed in retaliation. Prisoners George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo and John Clutchette were charged with the murder. Their defense quickly became a popular cause in activist circles; this poster featured a quote from Ho Chi Minh's prison diary. Jackson was killed in a breakout attempt on 21 August 1971, shortly before his trial; he left his modest estate to the Black Panther Party. Drumgo and Clutchette were acquitted the following year.