“Support Black Liberation”
Date
1971
Format
- Poster 1739
Type of Work
- Finished work 5489
Media
- paper 1382
- silk-screen 92
Dimensions
28 × 22 in
Locations Made
- New York 372
"The Black Liberation Army was an underground organization affiliated with the Black Panther Party, active in the U.S. from 1970 to 1981. Their stated goal was to 'take up arms for the liberation and self-determination of black people in the United States.' This poster, however, simply calls for the freedom of two of their members, Assata Shakur and Sundiata Acoli, who were convicted of murdering a police officer. While Shakur escaped prison and has lived her life in political asylum in Cuba, Acoli is still serving a life sentence. Behind their figures in this poster we see other figures who fought for black freedom, including Toussaint L'Ouverture, Harriet Tubman, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and George Jackson."—https://musebycl.io/design/century-posters-protesting-violence-against-black-americans
