2010.54.13594

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The brightest star
circa 1970
24 in HIGH x 17.5 in WIDE
(60.96 cm HIGH x 44.45 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.13594

"(c) Blackness, Incorporated / Southern Art Division" in white Old English typeface at the bottom left corner. "P.O. Box 56283 / Atlanta, Georgia 30343" printed in white Old English typeface at the bottom right corner.





Poster has a black and white image printed on a black background. Centered on the top edge is "the brightest star" in white. Central image shows the face of an African American woman in front of/behind a shaded image of Africa. Above the woman''s head is a white star. Centered on the bottom edge is a white shaded image of Africa.

George (8x) Stewart was a self-taught Black Muslim ex-offender artist who was the official portraitist for the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968. [LMC]

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