Poster for the Young Lords Breakfast Program: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white poster with large, black and white photograph in the upper half. The photograph shows children sitting at tables with food and drinks. Adults wearing hats and black berets stand near and behind the tables. Below the photograph, in the lower half of the poster is black text that reads: [SUPPORT FREE BREAKFAST FOR OUR CHILDREN / YOUNG LORDS FEED HOT MEALS/ TO NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN EVERY DAY / we would like to feed more children / DONATIONS OF FOOD & MONEY ARE NEEDED/Young Lords Organization / 75 Park Ave., Newark 482-8313]. The back of the poster is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1969-1970
• Created by: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/8 × 17 1/8 in. (56.2 × 43.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Cultural Place: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2014.109.7.1
• 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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