ethnicity and race

Detroit Jazz Renaissance
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a black printed background with white text and images. At the left is an illustration of tall buildings with the faces of two men in white circles over the top. Starting at the top,...

untitled (poem and a sketch of a man)
1970

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is a text box with two columns of text - a poem comparing New York and Morocco. At the bottom of the poster is a drawing of a man with a...

A Tribute to African American Writers
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a black printed background with a stylized color illustration of a woman in a beret using a typewriter, with a male figure in the top left corner, a city skyline down the left side, a...

untitled (poem and illustrations)
1970

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. Poster shows an illustration of a man in a tie at the top left with a lined sky, rainbow and nature scene in the background. At the right are...

The Mother
1970

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. Across the top is "The Mother" in a speech bubble, which continues down the top center, filled with text from a poem about abortion. The speech bubble...

untitled (illustration and poem)
1970

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top left is a text box with the text of a poem titled "But He Was Good / or / he even stopped / for green lights". At the right is an...

James Baldwin at Berkeley
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has red and black ink printed on white paper. At the top is "James Baldwin" in black and "At Berkeley" in red. Below the text is a black and white illustration of the face of an unsmiling...

Baraka
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a red background with black text. At the right is an illustration of an African American man reading from a white piece of paper, set on a green...

Amiri Baraka
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a black background illustration of a man with a scowl on his face. At the bottom, in the body of the figure, is "Keystone Korner / jazz & poetry benefit . Amiri / Baraka / Le Roi...

Famous Black American Writers
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black text printed in white paper. At the top left is "Famous Black / American / Writers". At the top center is a large oval filled with black and white illustrations of famous African...

Zora Neale Hurston
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black and brown ink printed on white paper. At the top is "Zora / Neale / Hurston / novelsist and short story writer. Their / Eyes Were Watching God, Jonah''s Gourd / Vine, and Men and...

Gwendolyn Brooks
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a gray background with a thin blue line border. At the top is "Gwendolyn Brooks - poet and author. volumes / of poetry: The Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, and...

12th Marin City Community Festival
1986

Poster has a black printed background with white text and a white, red, yellow and blue image. Across the top is "12th Marin City Community Festival" followed by the illustration showing abstract...

Ambrosia
1978

Poster has a black printed background. At the top is "Ambrosia" in white outlined in brown followed by a white circle outlined in brown with an illustration of the profile of a woman wearing a...

Dance
1983

Poster has black and orange ink printed on white paper. At the top is "The Brooklyn Academy of Music and the State University of New York Presents" in black, "Dance" in orange and "Black America"...

The 7th Marin City Community Festival
1981

Poster has a black printed background with white text and a red and green image. Across the top is "The 7th Marin City Community Festival" followed by the illustration showing an abstract red...

African Film Festival
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges and background with a purple and red border, green text and green and red graphics. At the top left is a list of sponsors. At the top right is "festival theme /...

The Seventh Annual Oscar Micheaux Awards Ceremony
1980

Poster has a red printed background with white text and black and white images. At the top is "Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame / Presents" followed by two black and white photos of a man. At the...

Exhibition
1979

Poster has black, green and red ink printed on white paper. At the top is "Exhibition" in red followed by a green background with a red heart at the top left and a dotted black and white photo of...

The Afro-American Tradition In Decorative Arts
1978

Poster has a yellow printed background. At the center is a photo of a quilt with hands and stars. At the top is "organized by The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with / The Links, Inc.,...

Untitled
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a blue printed background. At the top is a color illustration of figures on small green hills reaching into the sky and grabbing stars. At the bottom of the poster is "I, Too, Sing...

1986

Poster has black ink printed on off-white paper. At the top is a stylized black illustration of a man with his hands raised to his chest, palms forward. At the bottom of the poster is "Bob...

The Great Migration
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a black printed background. At the center is a color reproduction of a painting showing three black shaded figures in red, yellow and blue dresses on a brown and blue background. Below...

Jacob Lawrence
1997

Poster has a red, gray, brown and blue border. At the center is a stylized image of African American carpenters. At the top right is "In celebration of the completion of the Museum of Northwest...

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