offset lithograph

Berkeley Juneteenth Festival
1998

Poster has a red background with an orange guitar and a black border. At the top is a green circle with a black graphic of Africa at the center. Over the top of the circle is "Berkeley" and below...

brownstones and moonlight
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster has a black background and an illustration of a group of people playing musical instruments against a pink, blue, orange, and yellow background. "brownstones and moonlight / A...

Congolese Dance & Drum Workshop
1995

This poster advertises a "Congolese / Dance / & Drum / Workshop". There is an orange box in the center of the page with this text in white and a drum in the center. "Come Join Us At African...

Juneteenth
1986

This poster printed on thick, white paper, promotes the "5th Annual / Juneteenth / To Celebrate the Spirit of Unity, / Harmony, Strength and Family". There is an illustration of a woman wearing an...

Juneteenth
1997

This horizontally-oriented poster features a purple and pink image of a woman''s face wearing yellow sunglasses with photographs of people in their lenses. Yellow text at the bottom of the poster...

Berkeley African Students Association
2005

This glossy, horizontally-oriented poster includes an illustration of people dancing and playing instruments across the center of the page. Yellow and brown text above it reads "Berkeley African...

Oakland Juneteenth Celebration '90
1990

This poster advertises the "Oakland / Juneteenth / Celebration ''90". That white text appears in a turquoise and pink rectangle at the top of the page. Four boxes below are yellow, turquoise, pink...

Big Time Buck White
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster promotes "The Beautiful Black Musical / Starring Big Black" titled "Big / Time / Buck / White". The title is printed to the left of an image of a man with an afro holding one arm over...

Marcus Book Stores
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster is made up of a black and white illustration of Marcus Garvey in a military uniform and feathered helmet. "Marcus Book Stores / Books about Black People Everywhere" is below. There are...

Black History Is World History
1983

This poster printed on thick, light pink paper is titled "Black History Is World History" in a black rectangle framed by two statues at the top of the page. There are two columns of a poem with 4...

Alice Walker
2006

This horizontally-oriented poster advertises "Alice / Walker / In Conversation With Democracy Now! Host / Amy / Goodman." Both names are in large, yellow text. There is a photograph of Walker with...

Black Thoughts...
1979-1980

This poster features a black and white photograph of a seated baby girl with "Black Thoughts

In Honor Of The African American Man
1990

This black, white, and gray poster is titled "In Honor Of The / African American Man". There is an illustration of a man smoking a pipe with a girl sitting on his knee in the top half of the page...

Miles Davis
1992

This poster is made up of a photograph of Miles Davis playing a trumpet on the right 2/3 of the page and a calendar for 1992 in a column along the left edge. The photo is covered with tiny white...

Mahalia Jackson
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster features an illustration of an African American woman in a blue robe. Her hands are folded in front of her chest and she is visible from the waist up. There are stained glass windows...

Women of the Blues
c.1980

This horizontally-oriented poster is made up of illustrations of four women''s faces in a row. Their names are below and include "Bessie Smith" and "Alberta Hunter". "Women of the Blues" is in the...

The Wiz
c.1974

This poster includes a silhouette of a woman with long, stylized hair walking on top of the title "The Wiz" in the top 2/3 of the page. "A Jefferson Performing Arts Production" is below that with...

Sisters
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster promotes a play called "Sisters / by Marsha A. Jackson" from the "Oakland Ensemble Theatre". There is a black and white photograph of two women''s faces directed at each other in the...

Three Slices of Life
c.1978

This blue poster promotes a production called "Three Slices / of Life", presented by "The San Francisco Black Writers Workshop / and Western Addition Cultural Center". That information is printed...

High John De Conqueror
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster printed on thick, tan paper advertises "African American / Drama Co''s / High John De Conqueror" presented by the "Potrero Hill Neighborhood Community House". There is a sepia-toned...

No Woman Don't Cry
1981

This poster printed on thick paper features a poem titled "No Woman Don''t Cry". The poem begins with "In Africa the saying is / A man is nothing without a woman". The poem is along the left side...

Don't Miss
2004

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a blue background. At the top is a yellow bar with "Don''t Miss" in white. Down the left is "April 1-May 16, 2004 / Brian Copeland / in / ''Not A /...

The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a beige background with orange and yellow flames. Across the top is "The Play''s The Thing Presents A Reader''s Theatre Production / Of The Last Black...

New Thing
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Top of poster has a green background with three figures in black and white, the farthest right playing the trumpet. At the top left in green is "New Thing". Bottom of the poster has a black...

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