activism

Too Many Years of Broken Promises
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster printed on white paper with diagonal red lines. At the top is "Too Many Years Of / Broken Promises / Now We Will Be Heard!" in green and white. At the center of the poster is an...

Prairie Fire
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster advertising records and tapes for Prairie Fire. Top half of poster is a pixilated image of a volcano spewing lava. Bottom half of poster is red, with two figures in white (one playing...

Stay Clean By Any Means Necessary
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster is green, red, yellow, and black. The title "Stay Clean" is at the top center of poster and is in black letters with a yellow background and green border. The rest of the title is in the...

War And Injustice Violently Inflame Society
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster is blue and white with the title at the top center. The image on the poster is a broken bottle; other characteristics difficult to make out.

Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program
2004

Poster has a purple background with a blurry white lined globe at the left. At the top left is a sepia photo of people protesting. Below the photo is the date of the program and the application...

Shutdown The Pacific Stock Exchange
1990

Poster has black ink printed on green paper. In a black box at the top is "Shutdown The / Pacific Stock / Exchange" in green. Beneath the box is "Coinciding With The Wall St. Shutdown / a non-...

Stop the FBI Witch Hunt!
1988 - 2010

Poster is made of 2 11x 17 sheets of white paper pasted together horizontally. Poster is printed with text and images in black. The top edge of the poster has the text: "Stop the FBI Witch Hunt...

Stop the FBI Witch Hunt!
1988 - 2010

Poster is made of 2 11x 17 sheets of white paper pasted together horizontally. Poster is printed with text and images in black. The top edge of the poster has the text: "Stop the FBI Witch Hunt...

Cascadia Activism and Ecology Conference
2001

Poster has a white background with black text. In the center is an image of a tree with bare branches surrounded by trees with green, orange, and yellow foliage. Bottom right corner has an image...

Dyke Maniffesto
1993

Poster with text in red and black overall. Top of the poster has a red field with red text: "Dyke / Maniffesto", this is overlaid with text in black: "Calling All Lesbians! / Wake Up!". Below the...

Because: I Am Part of the Lesbian/Gay Liberation Movement
c. 1990

Poster has a white background with black and pink text. There is a pink border around the poster and behind the text is a pink triangle. The poster reads, "Because Gay men and Leasbians are...

All Dressed Up With No Place To Go
1982

Poster has a white background with black text. Main image is a photograph of a diverse group of people. Poster reads, "All Dressed Up With No Place To Go./ We are a community of every race,...

DAM!: Dyke Action Machine
1991

Poster has a black background with white text. Poster reads, "Queer Future/ Dyke Fashion/ Queer Planet/ Dyke Action/ DAM!/ Dyke Action Machine."Dyke Action Machine! (DAM!) is a two-person public...

Benefit For The Doe Family Legal Fund
1980-2006

Poster has a white background with black text. Main image is a drawing of a two individuals. The man to the right has his eyes shaded by a uniform cap. The individual toward the bottom left is...

20th Year December San Antonio
1989
iFuerza!
1994

Poster printed with black ink on yellow paper. A geometric symbol is printed in a rectangle at center. Text at top reads, "Stanford Chicana/o Graduate Student Association presents / iFUERZA! /...

Distinguished Lecturer Of Color Series 2004
2004

Poster has a green background with green, black, orange, brown, blue, and purple text. There are three photographs associated with the three speakers, Pedro Noguera (NYU Professor of Education),...

You Are Not A Minority!!
1987

Poster is screenprinted on white paper with black ink. The poster has an image of Che Guevara pointing his figure toward top viewer. Below the image, printed in black reads: "You / Are Not...

Educating for Justice
2007

Multi-color poster printed on white paper. The page is divided into several rectangular sections. A color photograph aligned at upper left shows a crowd of women marching together and holding...

The February 26th Movement, An Inaugural Event
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster originally folded for mailing and printed on both sides with purple ink on pale yellow paper. One side has a large image of the geographic outline of the United States with four hands...

1968

Book. Cover shows a barechested man in jeans and a leather jacket, and the words "Gay Capitol of the World" in red. It contains the subtitle, "The homosexual and how he lives," and a quote...

04/23/68

A crowd of demonstrators lines the street of Oakland as a cortege of police motorcycles passes by. One demonstrator, wearing a "Free Huey" [P. Newton] button, has a wooden shield attached to one...

c. 1985

Pin with "Vietnam Veterans are still dying of Agent Orange, VVAW."

Promotional pin from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) warning about the persistant threat of the affects of...

c. 1985

Canvas patch with "Vietnam Veterans Against the War" with the symbol of the VVAW in the middle.

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