Poster in support of the Black Liberation Struggle

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A black, red, white, and green poster in support of the Black Liberation Struggle and prisoners’ rights movement. The poster has a black background with [ATTICA] in large red letters at the top. At center, to the right, are black-and-white images including a portrait of “Soledad Brother” George Jackson and two scenes of protesters marching. On the left side of the poster in white print is a list of prisons that were sites of prisoner-led protests: [SAN / QUENTIN-SOLEDAD / THE TOMBS-AUBURN / RAHWAY-CLINTON / TENTON-ANGOLA / ATMORE-HOLMAN / REIDSVILLE / ALDERSON / RALEIGH / MCALESTER / NAPANOCH / BEDFORD HILLS / LEAVENWORTH / VALPOLE / FOLSOM / MARION / STATEVILL / PONTIAC]. In large green print at the bottom, the poster reads: [THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES / Support the Black Liberation Struggle / Support All National Liberation Struggles / Free All Political Prisoners and P.O.W.’s]. At the very bottom edge is [Madame Binh Graphics Collective].

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