Free Dessie Woods! Smash Colonial Violence. [Drop title].

Atlanta, Georgia / Berkeley, California: National Committee to Defend Dessie Woods / Inworks Press, (n. d.), circa 1978. 15-3/4 x 22-1/2 inches. Broadside. White stock printed in black, green and red. Light toning; pinholes to corners; short tear to right edge; light crease to body of image. About Very Good. Uncommon poster issued by the National Committee to Defend Dessie Woods. The body of the poster is an illustration of a raised fist holding a burning torch, with an illustration of Woods in profile inside the flames. A note in small text at the bottom of the poster reads: "On February 2, 1976, Dessie Woods, a Black woman, was railroaded into prison for successfully defending herself against a rape attack by an armed white man. For resisting this form of colonial violence, Dessie Woods is now serving 22 years in the Georgia Women's Institute of Corrections. For more information and to contribute to the defense efforts, contact: National Committee to Defend Dessie Woods...." OCLC locates one holding, at the University of Michigan, and we note two additional holdings, at the CSPG and OMCA.