2010.54.14896

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Freedom for the Wilmington 10
28.625 in HIGH x 18.75 in WIDE
(72.71 cm HIGH x 47.62 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.14896

OSPAAAL logo in white at the bottom left corner.





Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing an orange background with a brown illustrated fist at the top. The wrist forms the link of a chain, which is being broken. At the bottom of the poster is "Freedom" in black and "for the Wilmington 10" in white in English, Spanish, French and Arabic.

The Wilmington Ten were black demonstrators in Wilmington (North Carolina) convicted of arson and conspiracy in 1971. Considered political prisoners, they served nearly a decade in jail and were eventually pardoned.

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