Women! Free Our Sisters: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black and white poster featuring an image of protesting women and a list of demands. This poster was used to announce a protest scheduled for November 22, 1969 orchestrated by the N.E. Women's Liberation and the Black Panther Party of Connecticut in support of six female Black Panthers who were being held in Niantic Connecticut State Women's Prison.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: November 1969
• Created by: New England Women's Liberation, American, 1963 - 1981
• Created by: Black Panther Party of Connecticut, American
• Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (57.8 x 41.9 cm)
• Place used: Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Feminism
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Social reform
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2012.26.5
• 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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