work on paper

Momma I'm sorry
c. 1995

Poster consists of black, green and pink print on white cardstock. Black and white image in center depicting two human figures, one with a tear drop falling from one eye, wearing necklaces with...

Harriet and the Promised Land
c. 1968

Poster consists of full color image on white paper with a black outline. Image depicts African-American men, women, and children walking through a forest of trees and a stream with wildlife...

untitled (adult with three children)
c. 1970

Poster consists of black print on white paper. Image comprises entire poster. Image depicts an African American sdult with their arms held out in a half circle shape with three African American...

Black History Month '78
c. 1978

Poster consists of black and brown print on cream paper. Brown border with native art designs aroudn whole poster. Image in the center depicts two African-American young adults, a male and female...

Stay in school
c. 1995

Poster consists of a full color image printed on white paper. Image depicts a classroom of students sitting at their desks facing the teacher at the blackboard who is giving them a "trial exam" at...

From dreams to new realities for educating students of African descent
c. 1994

Poster consist sof a full color image printed on hwite paper. Image depicts three African American children sitting around an open book with one girl writing in it in pencil. Out of the pencil is...

Harriet Tubman & the underground railroad
c. 1982

Poster consists of dark brown print on white cardstock. Text at the top reads "Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad." Image consists of a game board with 6 loops. The players are slaves...

"The baby Harriet Tubman her Mother and her Father"
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of a full color image with black print on white glossy paper. Image depicts a baby Harriet Tubman in her mother's arms in a building looking out the window at her father coming...

Roots
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of brown print on white paper. Image consists of drawings of the different characters from the motion picture "Roots," showing images of multiple generations of one family from...

Jacob Lawrence: American Painter
1986

Poster has an off-white background with an imae in the center of a painting. The painting depicts several people eating at a long table. the painting is title, "Bread, Fish, Fruit" by Jacob...

Alphabet of Slavery
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster made from a photocopy printed with black print on white paper. Fleur di lis like design on border. Text at top reads "Alphabet of Slavery." There is a circular crest in the top center...

A salute to historic black abolitionists
c. 1988

Poster consists of full color images with white and beige print on a blue background. Images consist of 18 portraits of African American men and one African American woman with images and...

untitled (The Last Supper)
c. 1989

Poster consists of a full color image of Jesus Christ and his apostles at the Last Supper, all portrayed as African Americans. Image depicts 13 people along a long rectangle table with bread and...

Ethnic notions: An exhibition of racist memorabilia from the collection of Janette Faulkner
c. 2000

Poster consists of gray text and a red, beige, gray and black image on white paper. Image depicts a nude African American child crawling away from an alligator with palm trees around them and...

Black is beautiful
c. 1969

Poster consists of a full page black and white image of a nude African American child, sitting with it's hands in it's lap, looking forward. Text at the top reads "Black is Beautiful."

Morning after morning
c. 1978

Poster is painted on white cardstock. Image depicts an African American man in a Unisted States Postal Service uniform cleaning a public restroom with a cleaning cart behind him.

86 national black showcase
c. 1986

Poster consists of blue and black print on white paper.Image is blue and white and depict the planet Earth with a ring aournd it with the text "Black Showcase" and stars and planets in the...

H.I.M
c. 1990

Poster consists of green, yellow, red and black print on white paper. Image depicts a man in profile with facial hair and a uniofrm with a pin/badge with a green, yellow, and red stripe on a...

untitled (man and women in wild west era costume)
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of a black and white image on white paper. Image depicts an African American man sitting in a rocking chair holding a shotgun. Leaning against the chair holding a small pistol in...

I dream a world
c. 1991

Poster consists of black and gold print on white paper. Image is a portrait of Septima Poinsette Clark, an older African American woman, in profile with one hand held against her chin. Poster has...

Faith Ringgold: Tar Beach
1994

Poster has a blue border with an image of a painting in the center. The painting depicts a family sitting around a dinner table that is on the roof of a building. There is a bed with two girls...

True pioneers of black history
c. 2005

Poster consists of full color images on a black background with gold and white text. Poster has two images each, a portrait and an action shot of 4 people; Warren Moon, Hanry Louis Gates, Jr.,...

A salute to historic black women
c. 1988

Poster consists of a wine colored background and beige text and border. Text at the bottom reads "A Salute to Historic / Black Women." Images depict portraits and images of 18 African American...

Celebrating African American inventors throughout history
c. 1999

Poster has a red border and a beige background. Text at the top reads "Celebrating / African American Inventors / Throughout History. / 1999." Down the center of the poster are two rows of six...

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