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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Make Love Not War 1970 Poster has white unprinted edges with a central yellow and orange wavy background with a stylized green, unkempt monster holding a peace symbol necklace. The creature has yellow eyes and teeth, a...	Peace 1968 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a green background with a white peace symbol. In the holes of the symbol are letters spelling "Peace".
untitled (figures standing among crosses) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a color photo of male figures in various uniforms standing among rows of white crosses in what appears to be a cemetery. At the bottom left is white text with American casualty figures...	War Crimes Hearings Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a stylized black, yellow and red image of a man carrying a bloody body as another figure walks to his side with a crowd of people in the background. At the top right, among the crowd,...
untitled (peace symbol) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a purple background with a large, central white peace symbol.	Let Us Be Clear Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black and white background image showing an ocean beach with waves rolling in. At the top is "Let Us Be Clear" followed by five paragraphs of black text about the impending...
Peace 1970 Poster has white unprinted edges. At the top of the poster is a white background with a line of police officers on the left and a line of male civilians on the right. The bottom of the white...	untitled (peace symbol and American flag) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster looks like an American flag with the stars in the blue section arranged like a peace symbol.
Peace Now Tea Lautrec Lithography 1968 Poster shows a blue and gray image of a figure standing in very shallow water holding an umbrella with a peace symbol on it. At the top is "Peace Now" and at the bottom is a quote by John F....	War and Pollution 1970 Poster has a yellow printed background with an orange, white and blue flower growing up the left side. Down the top left and in between the green stems of the flower is black text reading "war /...
Peace 1970 Poster has a blue printed background with a central rectangle with a leaf design in the background and a yellow, ornate border. In the rectanglw is "Peace" with the "P" in a black, yellow and pink...	Give Peace a Chance Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a blue printed background with yellow rectangle with an orange border at the right. A pink, hollow circle at the center has "Give Peace A Chance" in blue along the top. At the bottom of...
Peace Now Tea Lautrec Lithography 1968 Poster shows a blue and gray image of a figure standing in very shallow water holding an umbrella with a peace symbol on it. At the top is "Peace Now" and at the bottom is a quote by John F....	I can't see my flag anymore Empathy Graphics Inc. 1969 Poster has a central image of an American flag covered in black costume masks. At the top of the poster is "I can''t / see my flag / anymore." in black. At the bottom of the poster is a quote by...
untitled (peace symbol and American flag) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster resembles an American flag with pink stripes instead of red and the white stars forming a peace symbol turned on its side.	The Silent Majority Lars Speyer ~ photographer, Primo Angeli ~ designer 1969 Poster has a black printed background with a central black and white image of a graveyeard filled with white tombstones in orderly rows. Above the image is "The Silent Majority" in...
untitled (children behind barbed wire) 1968 Poster has a black and white photo showing three children standing together behind barbed wire. At the bottom right is "let the little children / come to me, / and do not hinder them; / for of...	untitled (American flag and Pledge of Allegiance) 1967 Poster has a blue printed border with white text reading, starting at the bottom left, "One Nation Under Guard - / Of The People - By The People - For The / People - F*uck The People - / With...
What a helluva cap and gown Empathy Graphics Inc. 1970 Poster has a black and white photo showing a man in a helmet with a smirk on his face. Across the bottom is "what a helluva cap and gown." in white.	Remembrance 1994 Poster has black printed borders with a central color image of a waving American flag. Imposed over the flag are names in white. Across the bottom of the poster is "Remembrance" in brown and "Bill...
Bruce Springsteen 1981 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a color photo of a man, Bruce Springsteen, playing a guitar on stage. Black text around the edges reads "Bruce Springsteen" across the top, "And The...	Avoid Drafts American Newsrepeat Company 1967 Poster has a black and white photo showing a soldier sitting in a dilapidated building with a blacnket over his shoulders and his feet in a bucket. Across the top is "Avod Drafts" in white.
The Draft is a Form of Slavery On a Plantation Called War 1980 Poster has red printed edges and a white and blue border enclosing four black and white images. Top left image shows a man waving a flag in front of soldier poised to shoot - at the top left is "...	Fast For Peace Sister Mary Corita Circa 1967 Poster has a red border at the top, white at the right and blue at the bottom with a central photo of a woman sobbing over a body wrapped in a black bag. Down the left is "our country is...