Poster for events in support of the indicted Attica inmates: Museum Object and Cultural History
Poster for events in support of the indicted Attica inmates: Date: December 1973. Printed by: RPM Print Co-Op, American, active 1970s. Subject of: Attica Correctional Facility, founded 1931.
The object in the museum catalogue
A poster advertising two upcoming events in support of inmates indicted for the Attica prison uprising, a fundraising dinner and a speaking engagement with two of the indicted inmates. The poster is printed in red and black text on an offwhite background. At the top, red text reads [FREE the INDICTED ATTICA INMATES! / Support the Brothers' Demands. / 1. Drop the Charges. / 2. Indict the real criminals. / 3. Implement the 28 demands.] In the center is an image of inmates at the Attica Correctional facility during the riots. It depicts two men, one wearing a cloth over his head and sunglasses, both arms raised in the air with clenched fists. Directly behind him is another man wearing a vee- necked shirt, holding his clenched right fist in the air. There is a clenched fist in the foreground. In the background is a large crowd of men, also with raised clenched fists. A long high wall is visible in the distance. At bottom center is the text [SPONSORED BY THE OPEN CENTERS COMMITTEE]. At the bottom left is a small imprint for the RPM Print Co-Op.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: December 1973
- Printed by: RPM Print Co-Op, American, active 1970s
- Subject of: Attica Correctional Facility, founded 1931
- Type: posters
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 17 x 11 in. (43.2 x 27.9 cm)
- Place depicted: Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, Wyoming County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed: Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: Resistance
- Object number: 2014.13.2
- 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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