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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Please Support the Women's Liberation League Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing an American flag background. Over the flag is a black and white illustration of a smiling woman in colonial attire. Above the woman''s head is a speech...	Festival de Mujeres Women's Graphics Collective 1979 Top of poster has a yellow/orange background with a green decorative border at the bottom. At the center is "Festival / De / Mujeres" in green. Surrounding the text are stylized black and white...
From Out of the Fire Flies the Phoenix Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has rainbow colored text and images. At the top is "from out of the fire / flies the phoenix". At the center is a stylized image of a bird with a crescent moon and star on his head above a...	Women's Liberation Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is a photo of a woman jumping up and hitting a man''s face with her hand. Across the top of the image is "you''ve come a long way baby" in...
Women of the World Taking Back the Night 1980 Poster has a cetral stylized illustration showing Asian woman walking across a bridge and next to a river. The women all have statues on their heads - identifying symbols of various areas of the...	Celebrate International Women's Day Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinte dedges enclosing a black and white collage fo photos showing women working, speaking, etc. At the top of the poster is "Celebrate / International / Women''s Day" in white...
Bread And Roses Bread and Roses Bookshop 1974 Poster has black text and black and pink images printed on beige paper. Image centered at the top shows a group of women in identical dresses and shawls holding a large banner that reads "We Want...	Get Help Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges and a red border. At the top is a stylized image on a blue background of a black and white house. In the house is a stick figure family, with a red male figure at...
United Nations Decade for Women 1980 Top of poster shows a stylized color image of a sun reflecting on a body of water. The sky is formed by colorful triangles radiating out from the orange sun with a white United Nations symbol at...	Twice Battered 1979 Poster has a central black graphic background with stylized images of featureless figures at the top - men with weapons, one pointing his finger at a child and mother holding one another. At the...
Decenio de las Naciones Unidas Para la Mujer 1980 Top of poster shows a stylized color image of a sun reflecting on a body of water. The sky is formed by colorful triangles radiating out from the orange sun with a white United Nations symbol at...	What Part of the Word No Didn't You Understand?! Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a central stylized image on a light brown and white background. Across the top is "What Part Of No Didn''t You Understand?!" in black and red. At the...
...and Ain't I a Woman? 1971 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a stylized image of a purple and white female figure touching her arm on a pink background. At the top right is "the man / over there says that women /...	Woman 1970 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing three vertically stacked horizontal images. At the top is a purple an dpink background with a light pink bra. At the center is a red and darker red...
There Can Be No Free Men Until There Are Free Women 1971 Poster has a black and white photo background showing the face of a woman. At the bottom of the poster is "there can be no free men / until there are free women..." in white.	untitled (female/nail and male/hammer figures) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a central stylized image with a blue border and red striped and circular background. The image shows a female figure at the left and a male figure at the right. The female''s head has...
Passage Tea Lautrec Lithography 1983 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a stylized image of a colorful tunnel. At the end of the tunnel is a green leaf-shaped exit. Centered below the image, on the white border, is "Passage"...	Valentine's Day Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a gray background with a faded black grid and hearts of various colors. Some of the hearts appear to have feathers emerging. At the top is "Valentine''s...
Generations Oden Santiago, designer 1993 Poster has white unprinted edges. Near the top is a red, orange and yellow background with a purple and pink image of an elderly woman at the top, a younger woman at the center and a female child...	The Courts are in Contempt of Women 1988 Poster has a stylized image of a judge at a gray table at the top of the poster holding a brown gavel with a scale tipped unevenly at the left. The scale is balanced on a pointed index finger. At...
A Lesson in Cause and Effect 1979 Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the left is a collage of black and white photos showing women marching and rallying, with an American flag and a female gender symbol incorporated...	Annual Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top left is "The San Francisco Art Institute / Annual / Presents / The Body Unpolitic: / The Naked Nude" followed by information on the event...
History of California Women 1983 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing purple text boxes and an orange strip with "History of California Women" in white at the top. In boxes at the top left and right are the dates 1720 and...	Winning a Voice West Coast Print Center 1995 Top of poster has a stylized image showing an American flag at the top left with "Winning / A Voice" over the top. At the top right is a woman holding flowers and another woman pulling out a long...