International Women’s Day poster, 2009
I Am a Man, poster from Memphis sanitation workers strike, 1968
The Last Poets poster, early 1970s
I Am a Man, poster from Memphis sanitation workers strike, 1968
This and many other civil rights-era graphic items are on display at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County as part of the For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights show.
Rock the Vote: Robert Kennedy
For the month of October, we’ll be doing a daily series of posts featuring some of the most memorable politicians from the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s. You can see many cool additional images at Boom Underground.
Robert Kennedy for President poster, 1968
Illustration and design: Jim Trelease
Robert Kennedy was the United States Attorney General from 1961-64, and the U.S. Senator from New York from 1965-68. He was campaigning for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1968 when he was assassinated.
Rock the Vote: Eugene McCarthy
For the month of October, we’ll be doing a daily series of posts featuring some of the most memorable politicians from the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s. You can see many cool additional images at Boom Underground.
Eugene McCarthy for President poster, 1968
Eugene McCarthy was U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1959-71. In 1968 he challenged then-President Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic Party Presidential nomination.
