Political Posters

The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though some early works are included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance that began in 1965 and continues to this day. When Rossman died May 12, 2008 his family donated the collection to the Oakland Museum of California. More …

The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. It is strongest in work from the San Francisco Bay Area, but its scope is national: approximately one-quarter of its holdings come from out of state, primarily New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. These are complemented by a representation of international work. The collection consists of approximately 24,500 distinct titles.

The collection includes examples from well-known graphic artists including Malaquías Montoya, Emory Douglas, Rachael Romero, Rupert Garcia, Yolanda Lopez, Favianna Rodriguez, Carlos Cortez, Nancy Hom, Juan Fuentes, and Jos Sances, as well as material from seminal collective workshops such as La Raza Silkscreen, the Royal Chicano Air Force, Japantown Art and Media, Kearny Street Workshop, and Inkworks Press. Perhaps more important, the depth and breadth of the collection reveals the contribution of numerous lesser known or even anonymous artists whose cumulative impact on this democratic public art form has yet to be properly understood.

The cataloging of the AOUON Archive was made possible by a generous grant from the Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation.

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Job Training Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster shows illustrations of people working - a man using a wrench to tighten something, a woman at a desk writing, and a figure on a computer while a man with a long piece of paper looks on. At...	Rally For Striking Mine Workers Late 20th Early 21st Century Top half of poster has a black and white image of miners in a row of seats on a vehicle, all wearing their hard hats with head lights attached to the top. In white text at the bottom right of the...
The Worker in the New World Order 1995 Poster has a photo of a mural - the mural shows a figure in a hat using his fingers to draw out power lines from an electrical tower in front of his chest. Behind the figure is a collage of other...	Vote AFSCME Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a large yellow cirlce at the top right with horizontal gray lines through it set on a gray background. At the top left to the left of the circle is white text reading "ballots will be...
Help Change A Small Part Of The World Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster shows a black and white photo of a female child placed on a black background. Beneath the photo, on the black background, is white text reading "Help Change A Small Part Of The World."...	American Is Beautiful Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a blue image of the head of the Statue of Liberty at the bottom of the poster on a red backgrounbd with blue stars. White text at the top of the poster reads "American Is Beautiful"...
Labor Day Parade 1981 Top half of poster is a blue box with white text reading "Come See The Labor Day Parade" with the day, date, time and number of participants. Two little men in red and white uniforms carry a large...	May Day Industrial Workers of the World 2003 Poster has a central black and white image of a cluster of objects including a violin, a bottle of wine, a book, a globe, a hourglass, etc. Above the image starting at the top of the poster is...
Festival of Native American Arts 1982 Poster has a stylized image of two figures with bodies of ears of corn gazing up into the starry night sky at a circular symbol wearing a headdress. Below the image, on the white background is...	American Indian Religious Freedom Inkworks Press, printer 1989 Poster shows a North American Indian man with a feather in his hair holding a peace pipe in a collage of images including an eagle flying in front of the sun, a + shaped graphic, a river with two...
Intertribal Pow Wow 1992 Top half of poster has an image of a line of North American Indian men in a line wearing traditional clothing, some holding instruments. Above the image is the text "5th Annual Intertribal Pow Wow...	KILI FM Radio 1991 Poster has large red text along the top reading "KILI FM Radio" followed by an abstract image of three figures riding horses and holding spears in a line. An inverted version of the image is below...
Trudell 1994 Poster has black images and black and red text printed on beige paper. Poster shows a North American Indian man in a t-shirt with a snake on it and holding a guitar. To the man''s right is the...	Walk On The World Side 1997 Poster has "Walk On The World Side" in large yellow letters along the top left on a black background with a gray gear object to the text''s lower left. A thin orange bar extends across the top of...
Sisseton-Whapeton Sioux Tribe 1992 Poster shows central shaded shape of Lake Traverse reservation in green with traditional symbols marking significant locations in red. Above the image is blue text reading "125th Annual Wacipi -...	teaching respect for Native Peoples Inkworks Press 1993 Poster has a central black and white photograph of a child with a small bird perched on her indez finger. The photo is bordered by a red line. The poster title is in black text at the top - "...
Footprints in Blood Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a black and white image and orange and black text. Poster shows a North American Indian man with a feather in his hair and a sad expression on his face. Image is a printed copy of a...	Pimatiziwin Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a central image of a circle divided into fourths, each section a different color - white, yellow, red, and black. Four feathers hand down from the circle to the bottom of the poster,...
Navajo scholastic 1995 Poster has a large illustration of a shadow on the desert landscape with one hand on his hip and the other reaching up toward the right corner of the image. Illustration is enclosed in a white and...	Arlee Powwow 1998 Poster shows the bust of a North American Indian man in a traditional headdress at the right and a cluster of tipis surrounded by horses and mountains with the heads of three North American Indian...
31st Annual Pow Wow 1999 Poster has a central image of a North American Indian man moving, with whisps of color following his movements. The image is surrounded by a red border and is placed on a purple background. Above...	Berkeley Intertribal Pow-Wow 1987 Poster has a background that fades from red to white as it moves up the poster with black images and white and black text. Central image shows a North American Indian man split down the middle...
Stanford Pow-Wow 1979 Poster has a printed drawn image of a North American Indian man dancing with shadowy figures in the background. At the top of the poster, enclosed at the left and right by bars of North American...	Pow-Wow Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster shows a North American Indian man with a feather in his hair sitting crosslegged and smoking a pipe. A body of water with a sun in the horizon, reflecting on the water and a figure in a...