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The collection contains a diverse array of political and social issue posters, as well as several art prints, bumper stickers, and postcards from the 1960s-2020. Used as tools for community organizing, to express political and social discontent, and fight for social change, political posters offer unique insights into histories of struggles using a combination of high-contrast colors, striking images and vivid illustrations coupled with sharp slogans and descriptive text.

Poster issued by the New York Committee to Free Angela Davis.

Poster issued by Movement Press, San Francisco, California. Depicts an illustration of John Brown with the quote: "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."

Illustration by artist Charles Bible depicting Sojourner Truth.

Exhibition poster. Organized by 1199's Bread and Roses Cultural Project.

Illustration by artist Charles Bible depicting W.E.B. Dubois.