Object number:
2010.54.20238
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Berkeley City Money Out Of South Africa And Back To Berkeley
Maker:
Malaquías Montoya
Date made:
1979
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 22.25 in, W: 17.5 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Background is white, and text is in black to the right of illustration.
Content description:
Election poster supporting voting Yes on A & B, to get Berkeley money out of South Africa. Poster has a gray, black, and white stylized illustration of a human head with chains and dollar signs around it. Background is white, and text is in black to the right of illustration. [On April 17, 1979 voters in Berkeley, California, passed the first law (Responsible Investment Ordinance) in the United States requiring a major city to remove its municipal funds from banks making loans to South Africa. -LMC]
Concepts:
voting; election
Places:
Berkeley, California; South Africa
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