Political Posters

The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though some early works are included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance that began in 1965 and continues to this day. When Rossman died May 12, 2008 his family donated the collection to the Oakland Museum of California. More …

The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. It is strongest in work from the San Francisco Bay Area, but its scope is national: approximately one-quarter of its holdings come from out of state, primarily New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. These are complemented by a representation of international work. The collection consists of approximately 24,500 distinct titles.

The collection includes examples from well-known graphic artists including Malaquías Montoya, Emory Douglas, Rachael Romero, Rupert Garcia, Yolanda Lopez, Favianna Rodriguez, Carlos Cortez, Nancy Hom, Juan Fuentes, and Jos Sances, as well as material from seminal collective workshops such as La Raza Silkscreen, the Royal Chicano Air Force, Japantown Art and Media, Kearny Street Workshop, and Inkworks Press. Perhaps more important, the depth and breadth of the collection reveals the contribution of numerous lesser known or even anonymous artists whose cumulative impact on this democratic public art form has yet to be properly understood.

The cataloging of the AOUON Archive was made possible by a generous grant from the Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation.

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Family of the Great Mystery Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has blue text and blue, green and yellow graphics printed on white paper. At the top is "Family Of The / Great Mystery / Directed by / Nabahe Keediniihii / & / Autodescubrimiento: /...	National Native American Very Special Arts Festival 1991 Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a color illustration of a male in North American Indian clothing, with the top of his face painted white and a feather in his hair, set on a blue...
Gateway to Indian America Charles W. Chapman 1989 Top of poster has a color image of a group of North American Indians with painting faces riding painted horses in the mountains. The bottom of the poster is pink with black text reading "Gateway...	Pow-Wow Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster shows a North American Indian man with a feather in his hair sitting crosslegged and smoking a pipe. A body of water with a sun in the horizon, reflecting on the water and a figure in a...
The Legacy 1980 Poster has a black printed background. At the top is "The / Legacy" in gold color. At the center is what appears to be a carving or statue of a stylized human, with blue painted eyes and an upside...	Objects of Myth & Memory Gordon Chun, designer 1992 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a brown background that looks like rippled sand. At the top is "Objects / of Myth / & Memory / American Indian art / from The Brooklyn Museum" in red...
Echoes of the Elders 1997 Poster has a stylized image of a duck with North American Indian symbols on his body, with two pink ducklings on his back. At the bottom of the poster is "Echoes Of The Elders / The Stories And...	Honor Dance University of Nevada Press, printer Late 20th Early 21st Century Top of poster has a black and white photo of a woman and child in traditional North American Indian clothing. At the bottom of the poster is "John Running - Native American Photographs / Honor...
Family of the Great Mystery 1992 Poster has blue text and blue, green and yellow graphics printed on white paper. At the top is "Family Of The / Great Mystery / Directed by / Nabahe Keediniihii / & / Autodescubrimiento: /...	Views of a Vanishing Frontier 1984 Poster has a black printed background. At the top is a color illustration of a male in North American Indian clothing, holding a tomahawk. At the bottom of the poster is "Views Of A / Vanishing /...
They Made Us Many Promises... circa 1973 Poster printed on beige paper. At the top is "-They Made Us Many Promises, More Than I Can Remember But / They Never Kept But One. They Promised To Take Our Land / And They Took It.-"...	Great Plains Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black ink printed on white paper and shows illustrations of North American Indians - a man, two figures with horses, and a man in a headdress. At the bottom are examples of North...
Arctic/Subarctic/Northwest Coast Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black and white illustration showing North American Indians - one elderly, a woman with a child and a figure hunting with a spear. At the bottom are images of totem poles and North...	Mother Earth Spirituality 1989 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a blue printed background with a vertical image showing an eagle at the top leading down to a kneeling man followed by crossed pipes forming the top of a...
Maynard Dixon Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a red printed background. At the top is a horizontal white bar with "Maynard Dixon" in blue. At the center is a stylized woman wrapped in a shawl/blanket over her shoulders and head,...	untitled (explosion and the American flag) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster background is an American flag, with an explosion in the blue portion at the top left instead of stars. At the bottom of the poster, imposed over the image, is a black line image of a woman...
Images of the Native Americans 1991 Poster printed on white paper with a brown marbled border. At the top is a brown tinted image of a North American Indian man in traditional clothing, including a headdress. Centered below the...	Ganienkeh 1976 Poster has white unprinted edges. At the top is a black printed background with stylized images of human figures gathered together, crops like corn and pumpkins, trees, and a deer. At the top...
untitled (North American Indian figure) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black ink printed on off-white paper with an illustration of a North American Indian male in full garb, including a headdress. Over the man''s heart is a star badge. \|	untitled (female figure with child on her back) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a brown printed background with a black and white photo of a young woman with an infant on her back. To the bottom left of the image is "an Athapaskan Indian woman and child from Old...
untitled (man on horseback) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a central black and red shaded image of a horse standing on his hind legs with a man on his back. The man has a feather in his hair and is holding up a bow in his right hand. \|	Tsagaglalal Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black printed background. At the top is a white stylized image of a face, with animal qualities. At the bottom is "Tsagaglalal / She Who Watches / (a prehistoric Wishram Indian design...
Indian Water Policy 1981 Poster has beige printed edges enclosing a red background with a grayscale illustration at the top showing North American Indian figures, old and younf, animals and labor, with a dripping pipe at...	Custer Died For The White Mans Sins Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster had black borders with white lines and leaf designs and a yellow background printed on brown paper. At the center is a brown oval with a black stylized image of George Custer with "1839-...