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Celebrate Solidarity

Poster
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This poster was issued by American college students as a show of solidarity with the Black Panther organisation. The Black Panther Party was a militant civil rights group. Its initial purpose was the patrolling of black ghettos to protect residents from police brutality. The carrying of guns was integral to this policy of self-defence and symbolic of it. The Party advocated self-reliance within the black community and the study of black history. The group's radical politics found support among Left-wing students on American college campuses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCelebrate Solidarity (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Block printed red ink on yellow
Brief description
'Celebrate Solidarity' student poster in solidarity with Black Panthers. Black power fist and rose. USA, 1970
Physical description
Student poster for Festival of Life. Solidarity with black Panthers. Black power fist with rose. Red ink on orange paper. Sheet of text pasted on.
Dimensions
  • Height: 57.3cm
  • Width: 44.5cm
  • Pasted on brown paper height: 28cm
  • Pasted on brown paper width: 21.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
CELEBRATE SOLIDARITY: FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON THE OLD CAMPUS./ THERE CAN BE NO LIBERATION WITHOUT CELEBRATION [text outlining events, political beliefs, movements and causes for celebration] THERE CAN BE NO CELEBRATION WITHOUT LIBERATION (typed on brown paper)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Production
posted at Yale University, 24 April 1970
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This poster was issued by American college students as a show of solidarity with the Black Panther organisation. The Black Panther Party was a militant civil rights group. Its initial purpose was the patrolling of black ghettos to protect residents from police brutality. The carrying of guns was integral to this policy of self-defence and symbolic of it. The Party advocated self-reliance within the black community and the study of black history. The group's radical politics found support among Left-wing students on American college campuses.
Other number
LS.1105 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Accession number
E.316-2004

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Record createdAugust 10, 2004
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