2010.54.2916

untitled (We Are Soldiers...)
c. 1969
14.00 in HIGH x 19.88 in WIDE
(35.56 cm HIGH x 50.48 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.2916

Lower right corner has: "(c) The Black Panther Party / 8501 E. 14th Street / Oakland Ca. 94621 / Phone: (415) 638-0195".

The poster has a large stylized drawing of two male figures shown from the neck up. The figures are located toward the left side of the poster. The left most figure has a green on his head. The figure to the right has a beard and an orange hat. Both figures faces bear serious expressions. The background of the drawing is blue. The lower left corner of the poster has the text: "We are soldiers / in the army / We have to fight / although we have to die / We have to hold up the / bloodstained banner / We have to hold it / up until we die / My mother she was a soldier / She had in her hand the freedom plow / And when she got old and couldn't fight anymore / She said I'm gonna fight anyhow / My father he was a soldier / he had in his hand the freedom plow / And when he got old and couldn't fight anymore / He said I'm gonna fight anyhow / Now all of us are soldiers / We have in our hands the freedom plow / And when we get old and can't fight anymore / We gonna have to get up and fight anyhow" with a small Black Panther logo.
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