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In the 1960s and 1970s of this country, everyday activists took to the streets with placards in their raised arms with urgent messages made visible in typographic form.
This selection of protest graphics will focus on a Black experience. However, the Civil Rights movement represented and inspired diverse protest movements with wide-ranging socio-economic, racial, geographic, and class hierarchy origins. From Emory Douglas’ prolific body of Black Panther publications, countless graphics from the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the iconic “I AM A MAN” poster, many known and unknown makers used graphic design to advocate for Black equality.
This class is available to purchase individually, or at a discounted rate when the course pass is purchased.
Speaker
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Colette Gaiter
Colette Gaiter is Professor Emerita of Africana Studies and Art & Design at the University of Delaware. Her writing on Emory Douglas’s work appears in a range of publications, including Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas and The Black Experience in Design. The exhibition she r...Read More