african american

Oakland Juneteenth '93
1993

Poster has a red printed background with black text. Across the top is "City Of Oakland / Office Of Parks And Recreation / Presents" follwoed by an image showing an American flag on the left and a...

Juneteenth 84
1984

Poster has a black printed background. At the top is a black and gold image of an African American man in cowboy attire standing by a pole that reads "Fillmore St.". Arched over the top of the...

Silent Cries
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a stylized color background image showing a man at the top of a building on his knees holding his hands over his ears and letting out a scream as tears roll down his cheeks. In the...

Ghetto Politics
1994

Poster has white unprinted edges and a thin black line border enclosing black and blue text. At the top is a photo of a blue-tinted Capitol buidling with the shadows of four figures in front of it...

Military Minded
2002

Poster has a black printed background. At the top is a yellow-tinted photo of four African American men in fatigues. Over the photo is "RBL Posse Presents / Military Minded" in white and yellow,...

Black
1972

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black background with white text. At the top is "Black ''72 / A Black Extravaganza / To Project The Power / And Strength In Unity". Below the title is...

Blues for David
1992

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black background with text that transitions from red at the top to yellow at the center to green at the bottom. Test at the top reads "Rock Against...

Top Star Awards
1974

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black and white collage of African American performing artists. At the top left is "1968" and at the top right is "1974" in black. Centered near the...

Strictly Roots
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black and green ink printed on white paper with yellow paper with black ink adhered at the bottom. At the top is "Reggae" in black and "Strictly / Roots" with an illustration of a lion...

Celebrate Black Music Month
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black background with a central yellow rectangle. At the top is "Cema / Distribution / celebrate Black / music month" in white and red. To the left and...

Mardi Gras Jazz Old Sacramento 1990
1990

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a color reproduction of a painting showing a jazz band in gray suits playing white a woman in a long green and black dress dances with a fan. Centered on...

Carnegie / Apollo
1987

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black background with a collage of black and white photos showing African American performing artists. Down the left and right is "Carnegie / Apollo"...

Chicago Blues
1983

Poster has a black printed background with blue and white text and images. At the top is an illustration of a man in a hat and sunglasses singning into a microphone with a night sky and skyline in...

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...

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