Poster of Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party Co-founder
date: label: Date
content: 1967-1970
name: label: Printed by
content: Berkeley Graphic Arts, American, 1965 - 1970
label: Photograph by
content: Alan Copeland, Canadian, born 1943
label: Subject of
content: Bobby Seale, American, born 1936
label: Subject of
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Berkeley Tribe, American, 1969 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, American, founded 1889
notes: label: Description
content: A poster depicting Black Panther Party Co-founder Bobby Seale. The poster is printed in black ink on an off-white background and features a large, black-and-white photograph of Seale, taken by Alan Copeland, and a Seale quotation below. The top two thirds of the poster is dominated by the close-up photograph of Seale. Seale is shown from the neck up, with his head tilted slightly towards his proper left shoulder, and he is looking downwards. He is wearing a white turtleneck sweater under a houndstooth blazer. Seale has a circle beard and a small goatee. Printed in large, centered, black text at the bottom third of the poster, directly under the photograph, is a Seale quotation that reads [If we worry about what's going to happen to us, / we couldn't accomplish anything…. Justice is / gonna come when the mass of people rise up / and see justice done…. The more they try to / come down on us, the more we'll expose them / for what they are…… / PIGS]. The letter [I] in [If] at the beginning of the quotation, and the word [PIGS] at the end of the quotation, are printed in a large handwriting-style font for emphasis. The photographer’s credit is printed in small black text at the bottom right corner of the photograph and reads, [Photo credit: Alan Copeland, Tribe]. In the bottom right corner of the poster is a union label printed in black text and a graphic. The union label is roughly diamond shaped with text printed inside at the top and bottom that reads [PRINTING PRESSMEN], [AND ASSISTANTS], with [UNION] and [LABEL] printed at the center of the diamond. The text, [OFFSET PRINTING], is printed below the diamond. The printer’s name, [BERKELEY GRAPHIC ARTS], is printed to the right of the union label. The back of the poster is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: San Francisco, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jerry Dommer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.56.1
objectType: label: Type
content: lithographs
label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Bobby Seale and Alan Copeland
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 23 1/16 × 17 1/2 in. (58.6 × 44.4 cm)