I Am A Black Woman: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Poster has thick black border overall. Poster has a photograph of Angela Davis from the chest up speaking and holding up a clenched fist. The background of the photograph is yellow. At the top left corner of the photograph is the text: "Angela, Yes You Are A Black Woman - And I Want It / To Be Known; / The Only Thing You're Guilty Of, Is Being A Black / Woman, To The Bone / For Such Beauty To Be Held Captive Is Really No / Mystery; / It Is Because You Are A Black Woman, / Truly Black Enough For Me. / Poetry By / Richard McCrary © 1971". The bottom of the poster has the text: "I Am A Black Woman!" and a Clenched fist logo with the text: "Blackness ® / INC."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1971
• Designed by: Richard McCrary, American
• Subject of: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
• Printed by: Personality Posters Inc, American
• Attributed to: Blackness Inc.
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 29 1/16 × 23 1/8 in. (73.8 × 58.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Gender
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Poetry
• Object number: 2014.68
• 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Richard McCrary © 1971 Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.