Young Lords Party: Health, Food, Housing, Education
- Created by
- Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
- Designed by
- Unidentified
- Date
- ca. 1971
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 28 × 17 3/4 in. (71.1 × 45.1 cm)
- Description
- A Young Lords Party poster. The poster has a black background with white text and a graphic of four purple automatic rifles. Across the top center of the poster, white text reads: [Young Lords Party]. Below the text, the four purple automatic rifles are pictured in a vertical stack. The rifles are oriented horizontally and each rifle has text, in white, across the forestock reading [Health] on the top rifle, [Food] on the second, [Housing] on the third, and [Education] on the bottom. The word [Struggle] is featured in gray text on the magazine of each rifle. In the top right corner of the poster is a logo for the Young Lords Party. The logo is a circle with the Puerto Rican flag in the background and an automatic rifle at center. The letters [YLP] are across the bottom of the logo. The back of the poster is blank.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Young Lords Movement
- Type
- political posters
- Topic
- Activism
- Communities
- Design
- Education
- Graphic design
- Health
- Housing
- Identity
- Political organizations
- Resistance
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
- Object number
- 2018.35.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.