Black Power: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Large color lithographic poster published by The Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, African and Latin America (OSPAAAL) with the message "Retaliation to Crime: Revolutionary Violence" written in English, French, Spanish and Arabic below an illustration of a red-eyed black panther with its teeth bared and the words "Black Power" inside its open jaw.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1968
• Designed by: Alfredo Rostgaard, Cuban, 1943 - 2004
• Published by: Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL), Cuban, founded 1966
• Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
• Type: color lithographs
• Medium: lithographic ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 x 13 in. (55.9 x 33 cm)
• Place printed: Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: African diaspora
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Object number: 2012.46.17.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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