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El Young Lord, Volume 1, Number 5

Published by: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
Subject of: Campos, Pedro Albizu, Puerto Rican, 1891 - 1965; Zapata, Emiliano, Mexican, 1879 - 1919; Jimenez, Jose Cha Cha; Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Puerto Rican, founded 1922

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W x D: 18 × 11 9/16 in. (45.7 × 29.4 cm)

Type: newspapers

Place depicted: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Place made: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 2, 1971

Description: El Young Lord newspaper, volume 1, number 5 from July 2, 1971. The front cover of the newspaper has a dark plum colored, central rectangle covering the whole of the page. In the lower two-thirds of the cover is a drawn graphic of a profile portrait of Pedro Albizu Campos. The profile is stylized with dark areas and negative spaces creating the contours of the face. In the lower right corner is the artist's signature [ANTHONY]. Above the image in the upper left is black text in Spanish that reads: ["PARA QUITARNOS LA PATRIA / PRIMERO TIENEN QUE QUITARNOS / LA VIDA" / PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS / 1890-1965]. At the top is the mast head in black with white text that reads: [EL YOUNG LORD / LATIN LIBERATION NEWS SERVICE / OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE YOUNG LORDS / PUBLISHED WEEKLY / VOLUME 1 NUMBER 5 / 25 CENTS / MINISTRY OF INFORMATION / BOX 5024 / MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN 53204]. On either side of the mast head are black, graphic depictions of two men, the man on the left is Albizu Campos and the man on the right is Emiliano Zapata]. In the upper right quadrant above the central portrait and below the mast head is a black and white image of Jose Cha Cha Jimenez. The paper consists of fifteen pages in both English and Spanish.

Topic: African American; Activism; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2014.109.7.11

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Plywood panel mural from Resurrection City

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957; Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006; Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990; Guevara, Che, Argentine, 1928 - 1967; Zapata, Emiliano, Mexican, 1879 - 1919; Villa, Pancho, Mexican, 1878 - 1923; Murrieta, Joaquin, Mexican, c. 1829 - c. 1853; National Liberation Front, active 1954 - 1976; Chairman Tse-Tung, Mao, Chinese, 1893 - 1976; President Kennedy, John F., American, 1917 - 1963; Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968; X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965; Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968

Medium: oil paint and ink on plywood
Dimensions: H x W x D (overall): 123 × 384 × 1/2 in. (312.4 × 975.4 × 1.3 cm)

Type: mural paintings

Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1968

Description: This is a mural, comprised of twelve (12) painted plywood panels, that was created and displayed in the Resurrection City encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. The panels were installed together, four panels (4) horizontally across the top and eight (8) panels installed vertically on the bottom, to form a thirty-two (32) foot long wall. The boards were painted by Resurrection City activists with slogans, quotes and art. Painted text at the top of the panel reads: [Hunger's Wall: Tell It Like It Is].

Topic: African American; Activism; Art; Black power; Freedom; Justice; Local and regional; Men; Poverty; Race relations; Resistance; United States--History--1961-1969; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vincent DeForest

Object number: 2012.110

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Visual Arts

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Plywood panel from a mural at Resurrection City

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Guevara, Che, Argentine, 1928 - 1967; Zapata, Emiliano, Mexican, 1879 - 1919; Villa, Pancho, Mexican, 1878 - 1923; Murrieta, Joaquin, Mexican, c. 1829 - c. 1853; Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968

Medium: oil paint and ink on plywood
Dimensions: H x W x D: 48 x 96 x 1/2 in. (121.9 x 243.8 x 1.3 cm)

Type: mural paintings

Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1968

Description: Fourth (4) of twelve (12) painted plywood panels from the Resurrection City mural that was created and displayed in the encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1968. Depicted on this panel is a continuation of text from the panel to the left, in green, red, and brown paint. In the upper right corner is the phrase "LET'S GET / HUMAN UNDERSTANDING" in red ink, in a mixture of upper and lower case letters. Across the rest of the panel are the phrases "UOP + UCLA", "VIVA CHE", "the New Breed", and the names of Mexican revolutionaries "PANCHO VILLA", "MURRIETA" and "ZAPATA." This segment is the upper right corner panel.

Topic: African American; Activism; Art; Black power; Freedom; Justice; Local and regional; Men; Poverty; Race relations; Resistance; United States--History--1961-1969; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vincent DeForest

Object number: 2012.110.4

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Visual Arts
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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