Ann Arbor Sun, #29, April 13-27, 1972 de Sinclair, John - 1972

Ann Arbor, MI: Rainbow People's Party, 1972. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid, illus., paper tanned, a bit of light fraying at edge, folded with covers in, else in good shape. In Spring 1971, the White Panther Party changed its name to the Rainbow People's Party, and shifted its publishing efforts from the tabloid Sundance to the more local-oriented Ann Arbor Sun. This issue's cover is photo of cheering longhairs with fists held high celebrating the election of two Human Rights Party candidates to the Ann Arbor City Council, articles inside on that election, on the release of 128 Michigan prisoners on weed charges, the building of local People's Ballroom rock venue, gardening article headline "Eat to Get High," material on Michigan bands, letters from prisoners, including Pun Plamondon, various news items, and ads of the era.