A poster used during the Memphis Sanitation Strike that took place from February to April 1968. The strike was lead by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The light blue poster has centered, large, block, red text that reads, [I AM / A MAN] with the word [AM]…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.107.5
A poster distributed by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for the Poor People’s Campaign. The poster is white with a large, centered, blue rectangular field. Inside the rectangle is white text printed in a stylized block font that reads, [WE…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.107.1
A poster printed by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and used in the Poor People’s Campaign. The top half of the poster is white and the bottom half is black. Centered black and white cursive text and white, stylized, cursive text that reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.107.6
This poster advertises the 2008 election night rally for Barack Obama at the House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio. The poster has a red background with a graphic of Obama, smiling, in profile. There is a stylized American flag at the bottom of the poster. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.180
A red, black and white poster with a black and white photograph of a young white woman, older Black man and older Black woman with arms crossed in front of them joining hands. Below the image, against a red background, text in white and black reads: "Join…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.29
A poster for the Crusade for Justice Movement used in the Poor People’s Campaign. The white poster has a centrally depicted white, brown, and black graphic of the Roman goddess, Libertas, handing a sword, with her proper right hand, to a man kneeling in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.107.2
A poster for the East-West Major League Baseball Classic held on March 28, 1970. The poster is white and features a yellow and red graphic of a baseball pitcher, mid-pitch. The pitcher is outlined in blue, white, red, green, and yellow bands of varying…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.107.3
A film poster for the documentary film "Right On!", featuring the New York based spoken word group The Last Poets and directed by Herbert Danska. The poster features black type on an orange background. The title, "Right On!" is featured in the center along…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.21.1
Round red, blue and off-white poster enclosing a smaller circular vignette of an African American family with the caption "A Clerk in Negro Business at Home. The Result of Group of Economy". This unusual poster was possibly meant to be hung at one's place…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.23
A poster advertising the entry of The Longest Walk into Washington, DC, where the walk ended. The poster has red and black text with slogans, a calendar of events from July 15th through the 19th, and contact information. The poster is dominated by the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.183.3
A poster used by the Lowndes County Freedom Organization. The black-and-white poster has a centrally depicted graphic of a crouching, snarling black panther. Printed above and below the graphic is black, block text that reads, [MOVE ON OVER / OR / WE’LL…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.90.1
An anti-lynching poster distributed by the NAACP. The poster consists of black text on brown paper. The title at the top reads [FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA" and the text continues with headings in large text including [3436 People Lynched, 1889 to 1922] and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.9
A framed black and white paper poster advertisement for the first National Black Political Convention of 1972. The poster features a large, mural-like illustration with multiple motifs and narratives. Foremost on the left is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.28.35
A white poster with large, black and white photograph in the upper half. The photograph shows children sitting at tables with food and drinks. Adults wearing hats and black berets stand near and behind the tables. Below the photograph, in the lower half of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.109.7.1
An NAACP poster, black and red ink on white cardboard, advocating voter registration to: "Stop / Goldwater, Wallace, and the Klu [sic] Klux Klan / Now". Included on the poster is a list of registration locations and a notice that the poster was created by…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.10.1
This poster features a prominent photograph of Muhammad Ali at its center. Above and below the portrait are three lines of very large lettering which read: [IT'S YOUR FIGHT / VOTE / IT'S THE GREATEST EQUALIZER]. Beneath the third line of text are two lines…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.42
A poster from the 2018 limited edition photozine titled Knox Roxs: The Zine written by Jennifer White-Johnson and Kevin T. Johnson Jr. and designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. The top half of the risograph poster features a red and blue abstract dotted…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.87.4.2
A gray poster with a purple square at center. Inside the square is an image of Prince. The stylized image of Prince is similar to his HITnRUN Phase One and HITnRUN Phase Two album covers and depicts Prince with an afro, mustache and goatee, gold chain and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.154.2
Poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The printed blue poster has central white text which reads [JUNTOS / SE PUEDE] in Spanish, which translates as "Together We Can." There is a small Teamsters logo in the lower left corner with text for [®…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.1
Handwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The white poster has black and red text which reads [Civility / now!]. The lower half of the poster has three (3) heads in profile. Text to the right of the heads reads [Equality! / Stronger /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.10
Handmade poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. One side of the white poster has a "Hands of My Pussy" graphic consisting of two (2) blue handprints [OFF / MY] in gold glitter letters and a grey and black cat made of collaged paper. The other…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.9
Handwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The white poster has purple text which reads [I MARCH / for / Rosie Jimenez / 10.3.1977]. The reverse is blank.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.3
Hand drawn poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. One side of the white poster has black text with a red heart. The poster reads [Love trumps Hate] in black. Beneath the words is a red heart, a black greater than sign and a dollar symbol. At the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.7
Hand drawn poster by Patricia Thomas from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The white poster has red and black text which reads [NASTY [red] / Women [black] / UNITE [red]]. On the reverse in the upper left corner is [If you use this sign / sent me a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.19
