Young Lords Party: Health, Food, Housing, Education

Object Details

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.

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

ca. 1971

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Movement: Young Lords Movement

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Activism; Communities; Design; Education; Graphic design; Health; Housing; Identity; Political organizations; Resistance; Social reform; U.S. History, 1969-2001; Urban life

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54abfe8b9-a9e2-45a2-915c-f5e70dd6e151