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Women! Free Our Sisters

Poster
1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
N. E. Women's Liberation (printers and publishers)
The Black Panther Party of Connecticut (printers and publishers)
Place of origin
United States (made)

This poster was jointly issued by a women's liberation organisation and the Connecticut chapter of the Black Panther Party to announce a demonstration in protest of six Black Panther women who were imprisoned.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Black History
Feminism
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleWomen! Free Our Sisters (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
printing
Paper
Ink
Brief description
Poster for demonstration issued by N.E. Women's Lib and Black Panthers. USA, 1969.
Physical description
Photographic image of four women with raised fists. 'WOMEN! FREE OUR SISTERS' printed black on white above. Additional text below.
Dimensions
  • Height: 57.2cm
  • Width: 44.4cm
  • Height: 578mm
  • Width: 426mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • WOMEN! FREE OUR SISTERS (across upper margin)
  • [Black Panther stalking panther logo] (lower right)
  • [female symbol with militant black fist] (lower right corner)
  • Sat. Nov. 22, New Haven (printed in bold, lower right corner)
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Production
Distributed and posted at Yale Law School: 22 November 1969.
Subjects depicted
Radicalism
Protest
Politics
Propaganda
Women
Civil Rights Movement
Place depicted
United States
Summary
This poster was jointly issued by a women's liberation organisation and the Connecticut chapter of the Black Panther Party to announce a demonstration in protest of six Black Panther women who were imprisoned.
Bibliographic reference
'Prop Art: Over 1000 contemporary political posters' by Gary Yanker. New York: Darien House. 1972. page 41.
Other number
LS.1064 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.304-2004

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Record createdAugust 6, 2004
Record URL
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