2010.54.8116

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Take Affirmative Action
Take Affirmative Action
1996
15.94 in HIGH x 21.75 in WIDE
(40.48 cm HIGH x 55.24 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.8116

Bottom left corner: recycling symbol and an "Allied Printing Union" label. | Bottom right corner: "design: John Beam, Baltimore". | Below image: "(c) 1950 Elliott Erwitt, Magnum Photos, Inc.".





Poster is printed on white paper. The background of the poster is black. The top of the poster is a black and white photograph of an African American man drinking out of a "colored" drinking fountain that is next to a "white" drinking foutain that is much nicer and cleaner than the "colored" fountain. Below the image is white text that reads: "Take / Affirmative / Action". Below this text is a 1996 calendar. Below the calendar is white text that reads: "Center For Third World Organizations / For information on defending affirmative action call Californians For Justice at 510-452-2728 / 1218 E. 21st Street, / Oakland, CA 94608 / (510) 533-7583".
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