Object number:
2010.54.11734
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
March
Date made:
LATE 20TH EARLY 21ST CENTURY
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 16.875 in, W: 11 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Poster
Content description:
Poster is printed on white paper. Poster is a notice for a march and rally in People's Park in Berkeley, CA. Poster has a thin black border with black text and black and white images. At the top of the poster is black text that reads: "March / To Keep Free Food And The / Free Box In People's Park!". There are three black and white images, one shows a groupd of people handing out food, the second shows a group of Indian men dancing in full regalia and the third shows a group of people in front of a bulleton board. At the top right is text that reads: "Tuesday, Nov. 28 / March from / People's Park at 5:00 pm / Rally at Provo Park / at 6:00pm". Under the top left image is text that reads: "We are joining the Berkeley Religious Coalition with the / Homelesss at 6:00 across the street from / the City Council meeting @ Center & MLK. / At 7:00 we will enter the Cith Council meeting to express / our support for continued homeless services in People's Park". Below this text is a gray box with black text that reads: "The City Council is ging to decide / on whether to ban free food and / the free box in People's Park!". At the lower right side is a a numbered list of text that reads: "Rally And Speakout / Demand That The City Council: / 1) Not Interfere With Free Meals In The / Parl And Oppose Any UC Interference / With Food Not Bombs And Other Food / Providers. / (2) Let The Free Box Stay. / (3) Oppose All efforts To Remove the / Homeless From The Telegraph Area. / (4) Insist On City Management Of The Park / (Not UC) As An Interim Step To Ceding / The Park To A Community Land Trust". At the very bottom of the poster is a gray box with black text that reads: "On October 21st someone set fire to the freebox. / on November 6th the box was / again vandalized with a chainsaw. When asked about these incidences, two police / officers in the park just laughed. No investigation is occuring. The recent / free box vandalism symbolizes UC's renewed attack on user development. / Join Us to resist these attacks and keep human services in People's Park.".
Concepts:
North American Indian; park; march; clothing; political protest
Places:
Berkeley, California
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