offset lithograph

Ntozake Shange
1991

Poster printed with black ink on cream textured paper. A portrait drawing of Ntozake Shange, a woman with long locks of hair wearing geometric earrings and a light colored shirt, appears at upper...

June Jordan
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black ink on cream textured paper. A portrait drawing of June Jordan, a smiling woman with short hair wearing a sweater and jewelry, appears along the left side of the page....

Haight Ashbury Legal Organization, HALO
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with red, blue, and black ink on off-white paper. A portrait photograph of a man wearing a herringbone patterned coat, a collared shirt, and a hat with a black band fills the page...

New Mobilization West
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with red, orange, black, and gray ink on white paper. Blue text on an orange background across the top of the page reads, "Isaiah 24 / And He Shall / Judge / Among / The / Nations...

Third World Strike: 1969 - 1999
1999

Poster printed with red and black ink on white paper. The top two-thirds of the page has a white background. A reproduction of a poster by Malaquias Montoya that shows the text "Unidos / TWLF"...

Autodescubrimiento, 1492-1992
1992

Multicolor poster shows a drawing of a mosaic mural in muted tones on a tan background. The left side of the mural shows a stalk of corn with a skull in a half circle at top left. Lines...

Asian/Pacific-American Heritage Week, May 4-10, 1979
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster shows a person's face at upper right between the shoulders of a person in a red shirt at upper left and a person in a blue shirt at lower right. "Asian/Pacific-American / Heritage Week /...

Wonderland
1967

Multi-color poster shows a landscape with lush vegetation containing figures based on illustrations by John Tenniel from the book "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. Alice and the...

Celebration of Craftswomen, Winter Fair
1991

Multicolor poster shows a reproduction of the painting "Woman of the Sea" by Elly Simmons on a black background with yellow text. The artwork shows a figure with a fish tail and a woman's upper...

Health is Freedom
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with green and salmon ink on cream textured paper. "Health is Freedom" is printed at top in calligraphic font. A cross with a multi-line green and salmon border contains a circle...

Famous Black American Entertainers - Part 2
1986

Black and white laminated poster has a double line border across the top of the page. "Famous Black American Entertainers-Part 2" is printed above a drawing of 57 men and women. The drawing...

ALD '82
1982

Poster printed with red ink on yellow paper. A double line borders the page. Text at top center reads, "ALD '82 / Stop Black Genocide Against Me & You / From Oakland to South Africa." A...

The Dancer of Shamahka
1975

Black and white poster shows a photograph of a pregnant woman with long dark hair holding grasses in each hand at the top of the page. The woman is wearing a long embellished skirt, a top with a...

Critical Mass
2002

Poster printed with yellow, orange, green, gray, and black ink on white paper. An irregular black stripe outlines a page background that transitions from yellow at top to orange at bottom. An...

Oppose the UC Regents' Deciscion: Defend Affirmative Action
c. 1995

Poster has a tan and white image of a man holding a sign up that reads, "Defend Affirmative Action." Below in white is, "How many steps back will we allow?" The left edge has "Oppose the UC...

Our Artic way of life has endured for 20,000 years. Must we now die for 6 months of oil?
c. 1990

Poster has an all over black and white photograph of an older woman's face. In the lower right are two photographs of caribou and a child. At the top is white text that reads, "Our Artic way of...

Book Fair celebrating Women who make books
1992

Poster has three images of a lightblub, woman with a moon, and a hand in the center. Above reads, "Book Fair celebrating women who make books." Below the images is "A special chance to meet woment...

Asian Pacific Heritage Festival
1983

Multi-color poster shows a collage of images at top including a fish, insect, figures, rabbit, and turtle. At top center, red square with a Chinese character contains the text "Oakland Museum's...

No One is Free when others are oppressed
c. 1975

Poster is printed on light yellow paper and has a large orange, black and yellow butterfly. Above is "NO One is Free when others are oppresed."

Stop the Nazis! Mass mobiliation, Civic Center
n.d.

Poster has a black background with white text and black and white photograph. In the center is an image of prisoners behing barbed wire. Poster reads, "The Nazi's say they are going to celebrate...

The 16th Annual Asian Pacific Conference
2006

Poster has a split image for two different events. On the left is a image of two feet with "The 16th Annual Asian Pacific Islander Isssues Conference: Walking on Eggshells Cracking Stereotypes in...

Asian American Association presents A.C.T.I.O.N.
2004

Poster has a red background with black, white and yellow text overall. Poster reads, "Asian American Associaiton presents/ A.C.T.I.O.N./ Asserting change through involvement and outreach now/ join...

Oakland Juneteenth Celebration '90
1990

Poster has four images in the center with a yellow, green, pink or black background. The images are chains, people around a campfire, a cowboy and a saxophone. Poster reads, "Oakland Juneteenth...

Fuck Communism!
c. 1960

Poster is long and rectangular with "Fuck Communism" across the center. The top word is in the United States flag colors, the bottom word is in red with small hammer and sicles at the top of each...

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