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Social movements

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Political Posters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0119
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1960s-2020

Underground Newspapers Microfilm Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0109
Scope and Contents Microfilmed newspapers cover a diverse range of movements such as the anti-Vietnam War movement, civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights, American Indian issues, Black power, Eastern spirituality, the New Left, and the youth and counterculture of the 1960s-1970s. Publications are individually cataloged in two places: first, as catalog entries in OneSearch (use keyword "underground newspaper collection", then...
Dates: 1963 - 1973