Object number:
2016.0.45
Object name:
newspaper; political poster
Title:
Poverty is a Crime
Production organization:
Black Panther Party
Date made:
1972-12-07
Dimensions:
H: 17 in
Credit line:
Museum Collection
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Poster printed on newsprint.
Content description:
Front of poster has a red border. In the center is a print of a pencil drawing of an African American women with three children. A child is huddled to each of her sides and she is carrying a baby. The image is a reference to Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother". At the top of the poster reads "Poverty Is A Crime And Our People Are / The Victims".
Concepts:
political campaign; crime; poverty
Persons:
Dorothea Lange
Organizations:
Black Panther Party
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