Political Posters

The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though some early works are included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance that began in 1965 and continues to this day. When Rossman died May 12, 2008 his family donated the collection to the Oakland Museum of California. More …

The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. It is strongest in work from the San Francisco Bay Area, but its scope is national: approximately one-quarter of its holdings come from out of state, primarily New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. These are complemented by a representation of international work. The collection consists of approximately 24,500 distinct titles.

The collection includes examples from well-known graphic artists including Malaquías Montoya, Emory Douglas, Rachael Romero, Rupert Garcia, Yolanda Lopez, Favianna Rodriguez, Carlos Cortez, Nancy Hom, Juan Fuentes, and Jos Sances, as well as material from seminal collective workshops such as La Raza Silkscreen, the Royal Chicano Air Force, Japantown Art and Media, Kearny Street Workshop, and Inkworks Press. Perhaps more important, the depth and breadth of the collection reveals the contribution of numerous lesser known or even anonymous artists whose cumulative impact on this democratic public art form has yet to be properly understood.

The cataloging of the AOUON Archive was made possible by a generous grant from the Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation.

View results as Grid View results as List Browse Full Collection Advanced Search

Free all politcal prisoners: Keep Los Siete Free : May Day Rally 1970 Poster is white with blue text and image. The left side of the poster has a string of barbed wire vertically with several pieces that branch out horizontally across the poster. The poster reads on...	Los Siete need funds for the San Mateo railroad 1970 Poster is printed on newsprint paper with black ink. The upper left has a photograph of five men standing with matching shirts and pants. Below the photograph is "Los Siete necesitan fondos...
Celebrate the Spirit of the People 1970 Poster is printed on brown paper with rainbow text. The text fades from green, yellow, red to blue. The poster reads from top to bottom, " Celebrate the Spirit of the People/ July 4th Sun/ Benefit...	Viva Che: Free Los Siete 1970 Poster is printed on brown paper with black image and red text. In the center is an outline of Che Guevara's face with black beret and a red star. A large red 7 appears on the right. The poster...
Free Los Siete 1970 Poster is in black and white and has a drawing in the center of a United States flag with images of men's faces in between the stripes on the flag. The stripes are also bars that have a lock in...	Serve the People: Free los Siete 1970 Poster has a brown and white phtograph in the center of three boys. The boy on left has a white collared shirt and the boy on the right has on a plaid shirt. The poster reads,"Serve the People/...
Benefit Dance for Ysidro Macias & United Defence Committe [Defense committee] 1969 Poster is white with blue ink. The poster reads "Benefit Dance for Ysidro Macias & United Defence Committe/ Music by Metropolitan Sound Co., Orion, Peace Bread and Land Band, After Messengers...	Withdraw U.S. troops now c.1969 Poster has a black image of a weary soldier sitting with his head in his hands and a gun strapped to his back. In front of him is a helmet and two guns stuck in the ground with helmets on them....
This war is not over 1973 Poster has a slightly abstract drawing in the center of foilage with the face of a man at one end in purple. The poster reads from top to bottom in purple script lettering, "This war is not over...	1a Conferencia Internacional Por los Derechos Plenos de los Trabajadores Indocumentados [First international conference for the rights of undocumented workers] 1980 Poster has a dark purple background with a thin white border. In the center is a drawing of two men. One man has a white beard and a tall pointed hat. Below the drawing in white text is, "1a...
We Make the Road by Walking: Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride 2003 Poster has a black background with wavy lines in the center in blue, red, and green. Above the green lines are outlines of people. The poster reads, "We Make the Road by Walking/ Immigrant Workers...	Do You Have Your People's Back? Wake Up Raza! Favianna Rodriguez ~ artist 1998 Poster has a black oultined drawing of a man wearing a sombrero in the center. The poster reads from top to bottom in black, "Do You Have Your People's Back?/ Chicano admissions have...
Marcha Contra la Migra [March against the immigration authorities] c. 1974 Poster has a red drawing in the center of a group marching and holding banners above them. The banners have Chicano, Mexicana, and Somos un Pueblo on them. The bottom left corner has a red cog...	Chicanos in Health Education University of California Berkeley c. 1974 Poster has a red circle with yellow flames around the edge. In the center of the circle is a medical type symbol with an eagle at the top of the staff with two green snakes intertwined. A brown...
Cinco de Mayo March and Rally c. 1978 Poster has a drawing of three male heads along the left side. The top head has a red and black patterned headband and is holding the stick to a sign. On the right are three yellow boxes with black...	Chicanos & Native Americans! Minority Recruitment Program c. 1975 Poster has a black outlined drawing in the center of a man's head. The head has feathers and symbols. Behind the head is the outline of a step pyramid and a sun. The poster reads in black, "!...
No Violencia es Nuestra Fuerza [Nonviolence is our strength] c. 1970 Small poster with a large red circle in the center. At the top of the circle is a black UFW eagle logo with purple grapes hanging below. On either side is a drawing of a line of people marching...	Boycott Safeway c. 1970 Poster is printed on recycled computer paper. The upper right has a red background and the lower left has a white circle with half of a black UFW eagle logo. Across the top in black with white...
The end of the war [performance] 1967 Poster has a blue background with a black and white drawing of Lyndon B. Johnson and Ho Chi Minh embracing in the center. Above the drawing is "The End of the War" printed in red with a red...	El Teatro Campesino in La Carpa de los Rasquachis (The Tent of the Underdogs) 1974 Poster is printed on yellow paper with black ink. The top of the poster has a drawing of people of walking with bed rolls on thier backs. They are dressed in traditional Chilean clothing. Around...
El Teatro Campesino: Farm Workers Theater : Casa del Lago [Mexico City tour] c. 1970 Poster is printed on a red background with black ink. On the left is a large drawing of a skeleton wearing a serape and sombrero holding a bottle. On the right are three black and white...	Cops out of Vietnam, cops out of the ghetto : Stop the Draft Week April 23 1968 Poster has two large figures of a man in a soldier's uniform on the left carrying a gun and a man in a police officer uniform on the right. Both figures are pictured from behind, walking away....
El Teatro Campesino: Farm Workers Theater c. 1970 Poster has a black and white photograph of men on a stage wearing masks and signs around their necks. The signs have Green Grape, Rotten Grape, Esquirol (scab), and Raisin written on them. Above...	Boycott Gallo 1973 Poster is printed on yellow paper with red and orange ink. The center of the poster has an image of a large wine bottle being pulled over by people holding ropes. The label of the bottle is for "...