Strike Till Uncle Sam Hollers Uncle.
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Title
Strike Till Uncle Sam Hollers Uncle.
Subject
Kent State
Description
There were many different posters in this collection that were collected together in a shop in the south loop where they were displayed as protest posters. The posters protested both the acts of violence against the unarmed students at Kent State as well as the war in Vietnam. The pieces in this collection have strong cultural significance, because they come from the time in which these events took place and are primary sources that show the response of college students to heavily politicized events in a tumultuous time in American history.
This poster and many others were created with silk screen. This specific poster shows a political cartoon of Uncle Sam in a satirical manner, looking to show that if activists continue to strike that the government will give in to the demands of protestors. This poster is in the exhibit both to show the opinion of students towards the government during this time period and to show that the work of individuals coming together to take a stand can make a difference. Nina Power, professor at the University of Roehampton states in her article, The Art of Protest, “art that engages in questions of state violence, of the propagandistic use of war imagery, of global asymmetries, of struggles for national liberation and civil rights, serves to remind audiences everywhere that to stand back from politics, to disengage in social questions, is a possibility far rarer than it might sometimes seem.”
This poster and many others were created with silk screen. This specific poster shows a political cartoon of Uncle Sam in a satirical manner, looking to show that if activists continue to strike that the government will give in to the demands of protestors. This poster is in the exhibit both to show the opinion of students towards the government during this time period and to show that the work of individuals coming together to take a stand can make a difference. Nina Power, professor at the University of Roehampton states in her article, The Art of Protest, “art that engages in questions of state violence, of the propagandistic use of war imagery, of global asymmetries, of struggles for national liberation and civil rights, serves to remind audiences everywhere that to stand back from politics, to disengage in social questions, is a possibility far rarer than it might sometimes seem.”
Creator
Columbia College Chicago Students
Source
Kent State, College Archives & Special Collections, Columbia College Chicago
Publisher
College Archives & Special Collections, Columbia College Chicago.
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Rights
“The oral histories are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. “ All rights remain with the creators.
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Citation
Columbia College Chicago Students, “Strike Till Uncle Sam Hollers Uncle.,” Protest Art, accessed May 14, 2024, https://protest.omeka.net/items/show/34.