slavery

Slave Labor
1962

Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a collage of images related to slavery in the United States. There are depictions of a slave auction, a hanging and men working in harsh winter...

Early Social Conditions
1962

Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a collage of images of people in miserable siturations. At the left are women and children working in a factory. At the right is a young boy in a class...

A New Birth of Freedom
1962

Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a collage of images from the Civil War. In the background is a war scene, at the left is an image of Abraham Lincol, at the left is a group of African...

So We Sit Here
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is an image of three African American women sitting in a bedroom. One woman is laying in bed the other two are in chairs with distressed expressions. At...

The Builders of the Walls of Babylon
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a teaching aid for history. Centered in the poster is a colored image of men working on a brick structure. The men are wearing very little clothing. In...

Celebrate El Grito de Lares
1992

The poster is printed on white paper with text and images in black and white. The poster has an unprinted border overall. The right edge of the poster has a black background with text in white...

Prisons
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Black and white poster shows a map of the state of California noting the locations of California State Prisons. Text at top reads, "Prisons / Amerikkka's New Plantation Map." Text at bottom...

We Must Have Order
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster is printed on white paper. Poster has a blue background. At the top is yellow text that reads: "We Must / Have Order". Below this text is an image of a pyramid with business men, scientists...

Abolish Prison Slavery
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black text and red graphics on white paper. A single line black border frames the page. A red silhouette of a figurative arm in a vertical pose fills the page. A black...

Committee to Abolish Prison Slavery
1977

Poster has a border of a black and white chain around a red background. In the center are two black and white hands with "CAPS" printed in red lettering underneath. On the right is white text. It...

Emancipation
1971

Poster is printed overall with a stylized drawing. At left in the background is Malcolm X speaking while pointing with his right hand. In the foreground at right is Abraham Lincoln standing at a...

No More Cotton-Pickin Prisons
n.d.

Poster has a white border overall. Poster has a large stylized black and white photographic image that shows a cotton field with a number of figures dressed in white with white hats and long sacks...

Quest for Freedom
2002

Poster shows a seascape with a photograph of a ship at left and a statue of a man at right. "Quest For Freedom / The Amistad Story / 2002 Black History Commemorative Poster" is printed at top....

Black Heritage
1976

Poster has a white background with images printed in brown ink. In the center is an image of an African American man with "Black Heritage" surrounding him. Images show a history of African...

Harriet Tubman & the underground railroad
c. 1982

Poster consists of dark brown print on white cardstock. Text at the top reads "Harriet Tubman & the Underground Railroad." Image consists of a game board with 6 loops. The players are slaves...

"The baby Harriet Tubman her Mother and her Father"
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of a full color image with black print on white glossy paper. Image depicts a baby Harriet Tubman in her mother's arms in a building looking out the window at her father coming...

Roots
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of brown print on white paper. Image consists of drawings of the different characters from the motion picture "Roots," showing images of multiple generations of one family from...

Alphabet of Slavery
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster made from a photocopy printed with black print on white paper. Fleur di lis like design on border. Text at top reads "Alphabet of Slavery." There is a circular crest in the top center...

A salute to historic black abolitionists
c. 1988

Poster consists of full color images with white and beige print on a blue background. Images consist of 18 portraits of African American men and one African American woman with images and...

Civil War
c. 1968

Poster consists of five black and white images depiciting action scenes of African American soldiers in the Civil War and of Major Martin R. Delany with captions beneath the images on an orange...

Harriet Tubman
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster consists of a black and white image with a cream and purple border and purple text. Image depicts Harriet Tubman standing in a dress next to and resting her hands on a curved cusioned chair...

untitled (slavery print)
2004

Poster has a red and yellow cross in the center dividing the image into four sections. The upper left shows a shark eating a person. The upper right shows a floor plan of ship with slaves sitting...

Sojourner Truth
1976

The poster has a white border with two thin brown lines and a beige background overall. The poster has an oval shaped photograph of a female figure seated at a small table. The figure is wearing a...

Vietnamese women: from a slave's slave to a revolutionary
c 1970

Poster is printed on yellow paper with black text and images. The poster is divided into 18 squares. Each square has either a photograph, poem, song or facts about Vietnamese women during the war...

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