2010.54.2981

Object number:

2010.54.2981

Object name:

poster; work on paper

Title:

I Am a Black Woman Communist

Maker:

Frank A. Rowe

Date made:

circa 1972

Material / Technique:

Screen print on paper

Dimensions:

H: 18 in, W: 25 in

Credit line:

All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.

Physical description:

poster

Content description:

Poster is printed on a silver colored metallic material with a paper backing. The right side of the poster has an image of Angela Davis shown from the neck up. The Left side of the poster has text in red that is partially overlaid on the figure at right. The text reads: "I am a Black woman Com- / munist. The corrupt / government of this country / could not accept such / a combination.". [This was one of five different designs Rowe made using the same photograph of Angela Davis. -LMC]

Concepts:

African American; communism; government; corruption; female

Persons:

Angela Davis

Organizations:

Communist Party U.S.A.

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