work on paper

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 20, 1986
1985

Poster has an image of Martin Luther King, Jr. wearing a black suit in profile. In the background are brown hills with a United States Flag and a rainbow with a dove. Below the image reads, "Dr....

Sankofa: A film by Halie Gerima
n.d.

Poster has yellow and orange background with an outline of a spirit above waves. In the upper right has a poem in yellow. The bottom reads, "In order to advance forward one must reclaim the past/...

Babies
1972

Poster has a light gray backgroung with two babies playing in the center. The baby on the right is a of white ethnicity. The baby on the right is of African descent.

5th Annual Awards Ceremony: Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
1978

Poster has a purple image of a film strip coiled with iamges of people singing and filming. Poster reads, "5th Annual Awards Ceremony/ Black Filmmakers Hall of FAme/ Presents "The Black Musical...

untitled (Martin Luther King quote)
2000

Poster has a black background with white text overall. In the center is a photo of the mall in Washington DC crowded with people. In the upper right is an image of Martin Luther King. At the top...

Judith Jamison: Cry
n.d.

Poster has a black background with a black and white photograph of an African American woman dancing flamenco in a white dress. Below the image is "Judith Jamison: Cry."

Light of Pagan Truth
n.d.

Poster has a black background with an ethnic design in the center. There is a circle with a red and green pattern. In each corner is a face with white, green and red designs. At the top is "Light...

Dignity and Self-determenation in all the Americas
n.d.

Poster has a drawing of Martin Luther King in a gray suit. Above him is red text that reads, " Dignity and Self-determenation in All the Americas." Below the drawing is blue text that reads, "the...

Knowledge is our Future
1993

Poster has a black background with an image in the center of several people sitting around a teacher. In the background are images of Egyptian symbols. Below is "Knowledge is our Future Halessie...

High Yellow: a Dinero Production
n.d.

Poster has several blue drawings of two men and a woman. In the center is a blue area with an image of a large house with a woman on one side and a man on the other. Poster reads, "Two Men= One...

Great Queens of Africa
1996

Poster has an image of an African Queen with her village behind her. Below is "Great Queens of Africa/ Yaaa Asantewa 1863-1923." Below is her story in smaller black text. On either side are...

Black Power
c. 1970

Poster has an orange background with a large black fist in the center. Below the fist is "Black Power."

Living the Dream: A National Holida for Peace, Justice and Brotherhood January 20, 1986
1985

Poster has a black background with a thin white border. In the center is an image of Martin Luther King, Jr. in a gray suit with a yellow window outline behind. In the window is a white dove with...

March on Washington
1999

Poster has a drawing of a rally on the mall in Washington D.C. People are holding signs of protest that read, "We march for our right to vote" and "we march for our jobs for all." Below the image...

Civil rights protest
1995

Poster has a drawing of people protesting outside of a Woolworth department store. Below the image is "Civil Rights Protest" printed in black.

The Beginning
1990

Poster has a light gray background with a painting of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus. Below is "The Beginning/ The Rosa and Raymon Parks Institute for Self Development/ 65 Cadilac Square Suite 3200...

untitled (Martin Luther King march)
1988

Poster depicts Martin Luther King in several speeches, rallies and significant events in his life. The top has a blue background with a United States flag highlighted with a church and a cross.

A Season for Greatness! Oakland Symphony Calvin Simmons
1980

Poster has a black background with white text. On the left is an image of a man with a conductor stick. Poster reads, "A Season for Greatness!/ Oakland Symphony/ Calvin Simmons/ 1980-81 Season/...

Juneteenth
2001

Poster has a black background with an image of a young boy laying in grass with a bug on his forward. Below the photo is "photo: Gordon Parks, boy with June Bug, 1963. (c) Gordon Parks." Below is...

The Black Experience
n.d.

Poster is spraypainted in black. Poster reads, "Students of Oakland Tech present/ The Black Experience/ August 1 , 2 8:30 PM $1.50 Gresham Hall Grace Cathedral."

Juneteenth 87 Saturday June 20
1987

Poster has red and white iamges of prominent African American figures with green text. Poster reads, "Juneteenth 87 Saturday June 20 8 AM to 8 PM/ Location Bayview Hunters Point 3rd & Oakdale...

I Have a Dream
c. 1970

Poster is a circle with an image of a man's face that reapeats around the center. The background is pink, yellow, green and black. Around the edge is "I have a Dream" with a Martin...

untitled (man)
n.d.

Poster has a black and white image of a man. Below reads, "To be free...to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live withouht fear, to enjoy the fruits of our toil, to give our...

untitled (Martin Luther King, Jr. postage stamp)
1979

Poster has mustard colored background. In the center is a large postage stamp image with Martin Luther King Jr.. The bottom of the postage stamp has "Black Heritage USA 15c" Below the stamp is "...

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