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Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1969

  • Work on this object began.

2023

2025

  • You found it!

Reproduction, Poster, All Power to the People (Chicago, Illinois)

This is a Reproduction. It is dated 1969. Its medium is silkscreen. It is a part of the department.


Symbols have energized conversations and activism around war, race, national identities, and politics. The raised fist—now synonymous with the Black Lives Matter movement—has represented solidarity, defiance, and power for decades around the world. When the Symbol Sourcebook was in process, designers across the United States developed fist symbols for student protesters and organizations fighting for civil rights and demanding peace. Versions of San Francisco-based artist and activist Frank Cieciorka’s popular fist design feature on the All Power to the People poster above and a button below.

It is credited Center for the Study of Political Graphics, 1992-072; Courtesy of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics .

Its dimensions are

variable

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols.

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