2010.54.12016

Smash The Richmond Cowboys!
Late 20th Early 21st Century
16.125 in HIGH x 10.5 in WIDE
(40.96 cm HIGH x 26.67 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.12016

"Fireworks" printed vertically up the bottom left edge in white.

Poster has black text and black and white images printed on a gray background. Text at top right reads "Smash The Richmond Cowboys! Stop Killer Cops!". At the center of the poster is a black colored image of a police officer at the left with a white shadow in the shape of a hooded and robed KKK member. The drawn photos of men''s profiles are pinned around the officer at the top right, bottom right and center left - top right: text over the photo reads "Murderer Clinton Mitchell / in the Cowboys. killed Johnny roman. accused of brutality in 17 incidents."; bottom right: text reads "Murderer Samuel Dudkiewicz / in the cowboys. killed both Michael Guillory and Johnny Roman within 15 months. still on active duty as a Richmond cop."; bottom left: text reads "Police Chief Leo Garfield / defends the murder of black people by Richmond cops. protects and promotes racist cops known to be in the Cowboys." At the bottom of the poster is a paragraph of black text followed by a list of names of other cops in the Cowboys and "Death To The Klan And All White Supremacy! Support Black People''s Right To Self-Defense! Land And Independence For The Black Nation - New Afrika!". Across the bottom of the poster is the address for the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee.
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