Object number:
2022.1.986
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
I am My Brother
Maker:
Malaquías Montoya
Date made:
1969
Material / Technique:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H: 17.5 in, W: 11 in
Credit line:
Gift of the Terrazas Martin Family on behalf of Margaret Terrazas-Santos
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Four color screen print, yellow, red, brown, black
Content description:
Poster has an image of a man in profile with his first raised. Text overlays the figure and surrounds him. Large text at top reads "I am my brother" below is a letter by Manuel Gomez about resisting the Vietnam draft as an act of solidarity with the Vietnamese people. It begins "Today, December 8, 1969, I must refuse induction into the Armed Services of the United States..." and ends "I cannot fight for the enemy of the spirit of life. For my soul, I refuse to obey your induction orders. / Peace and Justice / Manuel Gomez / December 8, 1969". Text below, reads "LA RAZA MORITORIUM LOS ANGELES/ AUG. 29.
Concepts:
Vietnam War Protest; Vietnam War; Chicano/Mexican-American culture; Solidarity; anti-draft; Chicano Moratorium
Places:
Los Angeles, California
Persons:
Manuel Gomez
Organizations:
La Raza Moratorium Committee
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