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This poster directly relates to Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February of 1990, and is dedicated to a celebratory event at Malcolm X College in Chicago, Illinois. The organizers of the event and creators of the poster were The Chicago…

On May 4th, 1970, Ohio national guard opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University who had an objection to the United States involvement in Vietnam and Cambodia during the late 60’s and into the 70’s. After all the years since the…

This poster is made very simply, but the context behind the poster holds so much depth. In purple letters written diagonally, the poster reads, “AND WHEN IT’S YOUR CHILD?” In the bottom right corner is a mother with a dead child in her arms. The…

This image features two hands: one hand with a rope wrapped around, the other hand had a chain wrapped around it. This imagine represents two African Americans helping each other to freedom from Apartheid, which represents that South Africans can…

On June 17, 1988, in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood crowds of many nationalities came together against injustice of human rights. The event “Get Up, Stand Up” was organized by the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador and Chicago…

The End Conscription Campaign’s main role during the Anti-Apartheid movement was to create pressure on the government in South Africa to end conscription and opposition against militarization in white communities. As well as build support from…

The medium used was an offset lithograph poster. It is considered art because it was an ongoing social issue during the movement and what speaks louder than a powerful and vulnerable piece of art. Martin A. Berger, Seeing through Race: A…

This piece of art represents the death of Kent State student, because of his strike for peace and not war. The technique used was silkscreen, using orange paper and black ink. The art was made by a Columbia anonymous group called the Columbia…

The first free election in South Africa occurred in 1994. Along with other discriminatory practices, many black children did not have access to the same education, if any, that white children did. The assumption of illiteracy among black people…

by Rex Otto