National Museum of African American History and Culture

A poster advocating the boycott of the 1968 Summer Olympics. The poster has a white background and black text and design. At the top text surrounding the Olympic rings reads: [Olympic Games]. Below that text, at center, is a large circle. Inside the circle, there is text and a drawing. The drawing depicts outlines of the United States and Africa; raised fists come out from the inner edges of the o

This poster depicts Angela Davis, shown from the chest up. Wearing a shirt with a zig zag pattern, she turns her head to her right. Below the image is black text that reads "FREE ANGELA DAVIS NOW! / New York Committee to free Angela Davis. 29 West 15th ST. 7th Floor/ New York, N.Y. 10011. 929 2010."

A poster, dark ink on tan paper, advocating opposition to the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978). A figure in a coat holds right fist aloft, surrounded by text. Text reads [10 YEARS OF STRUGGLE / IS UN-DER ATTACK. WHAT WAS / WON BY JAMES MEREDITH AT THE U. OF MISS.; ARMED BLACK STUDENTS AT / THE COR-NELL ADMINISTRATION / BUILDING; 3RD WORLD STUDENTS

This poster depicts a soldier carrying a machine gun in a jungle. The poster is printed to look pixelated. The soldier is wearing full battle gear, including helmet, and carrying a large weapon over his right shoulder. He appears to be wading through water with dense vegetation on the bank behind him. The image is done in tones of grey and has words in red text. This text reads "VIETNAM / Means De

A poster from the Pittsburgh NAACP calling for a shop boycott. Printed in black ink on off-white posterboard is: [THE PITTSBUGH / NAACP / SAYS / DON’T / SHOP / AT HORNE'S / UNFAIR PRACTICES TO / WOMEN & MINORITIES]. The "Horne's" has been handdrawn with ink on a separate piece of paper and attached to the poster. On the reverse is a severely faded imprint of the black lettering from the front of t

Monochrome poster, unmounted, featuring illustrations of three Black Panther Party members, H. Rap Brown, Eldridge Cleaver, and Angela Davis. The poster declares "WANTED," "FAITH, BEAUTY, INTEGRITY" with the reward listed as "LOVE-PEACE-HAPPINESS." The artist's signature is in the lower right corner and is listed as [Mohamed K].

A poster with an image of James Brown standing with outstretched arms at center. His hands are turned upward and he is smiling. James Brown is wearing a black bowtie, white shirt, black pants and black shoes. He is standing in front of a light yellow background.

A two-sided poster on glossy paper advertising for a series of events. The title on the front of poster in black type reads: [A Series Of Events / ENDANGERED: / ART AND PERFORMANCE BY MEN OF COLOR]. Underneath the title, there are bullet points with text in black type in two columns providing the name of the featured participant, date and time of the events. The first bullet point reads: [Visiting

The poster's background is split diagonally by two colors with the red taking up the upper left and right corners down toward the lower left corner and the yellow taking up the lower left and right corners extending up toward the upper right corner. In the center is a large green and black graphic of the continent of Africa. Within the center of Africa is a large fist. Above and to the left of the

This movie poster depicts a large bust-length image of a man, Ralph Cooper, along with two smaller vignettes and a banner that bisects the top and bottom half of the poster. The poster's top left quadrant showsCooper from the shoulders up, standing in front of a microscope. At the top right quadrant within a circle is a scene of a doctor and nurse dressed for surgery, standing over a patient. The

Poster for the film Black Caesar. The poster is white with a green square with a blue border at center. At the center of the poster are illustrated images from the movie. At the top of the green square in purple text is “HAIL CAESAR.” Below this in red text is “Godfather of Harlem!” At the bottom of the poster with the bottom most movie images is the movie’s title in black text. Below this in red

An illustrated movie poster with a yellow background. At top left is a red heart-shaped vignette of a man in a plaid shirt embracing a woman in a white blouse. Next to this is blue text that reads [Action! / Love! / Thrills!] Followed by black, gold and red text reading [The Norman Studios / present / BLACK GOLD / with / An All-Colored Cast] followed by smaller text in black: [One of the true stor