2010.54.8572

Grenada, Nicaragua and Cuba
1981
19.50 in HIGH x 14.00 in WIDE
(49.53 cm HIGH x 35.56 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.8572

Handwritten on verso at bottom right: "(c) 1981 / Donated by / Brick (John) + Billie Menz / PO Box 9414 / San Rafael, Ca 44912 / Thir poster come frm. Grenada when we were filled w/ hope!"

Poster has an overall red background with black graphics and white text. A photograph originally taken May 1, 1980 in Havana, Cuba, appears at bottom that shows then Grenada's Prime Minister Maurice Bishop at center, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro at right, and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega at left. Text at top reads, "'Grenada, Nicaragua and Cuba / as three giants rising up / to defend their right / to independence, sovereignty / and justice / on the very threshold / of imperialism'."
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