Power in Print Installation Images

This exhibition contains materials promoting arts and cultural events, notices of rallies and political organizing, and visually striking statements asserting Black Power. Together, they highlight cultural pride, the arts as an organizing tool, gender roles, the black family, and schools and universities as sites for developing black consciousness. Posters were also used to galvanize the masses to support actions to free political prisoners, gain political and social representation, and align with freedom-fighters internationally. Other posters focused on key figures including Malcolm X, Angela Davis, and Marcus Garvey. The majority of the collection items were produced in New York City, with some from the wider Northeast, Washington D.C., and abroad. It also includes a selection of posters from after the movement that speak to the legacy of Black Power that rippled through the late 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.