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Collection Description

The collection contains 62 posters, broadsides, and advertisements related to the Chicano movement. The materials are from the early 1970s through the 1980s.

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Union Del Barrio
Poster depicts Emiliano Zapata holding up a piece of paper with the organization's name on it. Sponsor: Unión del Barrio, San Diego, CA Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Untitled
A yellow poster depicting a relaxed Meso-American man holding a woman whose eyes are closed. She is holding a small deer, and possibly represents Nature. The man and woman are sitting on an eagle. The man is wearing traditional Aztec clothing. Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Uprooted
Poster depicts Carmen Zapata smiling while holding Julio Medina Event: Uprooted Directed by: Margarita Galban Authored by: J. Humberto Robles-Arenas Performed by: Julio Medina and Carmen Zapata Sponsors: Chicano Federation of San Diego County; Theatre/Teatro Bilingual Foundation of the Arts; University of California, San Diego. Theatre Dept. Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Uprooted
Theater/Performing Arts Poster depicts a scene from the play with a man leaning behind a woman wearing glasses who is sitting. Directed by: Margarita Galban Authored by: J. Humberto Robles-Arenas Performed by: Julio Medina and Carmen Zapata Event: Uprooted Sponsor: Chicano Federation of San Diego County Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Varrios unite!!!
Poster portrays a group of men and women standing around a coffin. Two skulls look down at this scene. One skull is wearing an Uncle Sam hat with dollar signs, while the other skull wears an SS helmet and has a pig nose. A heroin needle surrounded by bullets is between two skulls. " Title Translation: "Neighborhoods Unite!!!" Physical condition is poor., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Victoria en 1975: vote UFW
Poster depicts the UFW symbol of a huelga eagle inside a red circle. Title translation: "Victory in 1975: vote UFW" Event: 1975 UFW and Teamsters elections Sponsors: Friends of Filipino Migrant Workers; United Farm Workers Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Viva la huelga: don't buy Farah pants!
Poster is green with black and white lettering. A woman protester is running with her fist in the air with an Amalgamated Cothing Workers of America banner behind her. Title translation: "the strike lives" Sponsors: AFL-CIO; Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Viva la revolucion
Poster pictures Pancho Villa sitting on top a horse in a desert landscape. Title translation: "the Revolution lives" Physical condition is poor., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Wanted: experienced operators
A page of sheet music provides the background for the poster Event: Wanted: Experienced Operators Sponsors: Bilingual Foundation of the Arts; Chicano Federation of San Diego County; University of California, San Diego. Theatre Dept. Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
West Coast anti-Bakke mobilization
Poster is light yellow with a photograph of an anti-Bakke protest in Los Angeles Event: West Coast Anti-Bakke Mobilization Sponsor: Anti-Bakke Decision Coalition Physical condition is good., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Youth united against oppression
Poster depicts six young people standing in a row, arms crossed, holding hands. Event: Oppression of Youth of Color Sponsors: Graduate School for Urban Resources and Social Policy; The Leadership Fellows., Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval
Zapata vive!
Poster depicts an armed skeleton revolutionary riding a skeleton horse over skulls marked as belonging to Pinochet, Arana, Geisel, Somoza, Banzer, Diaz Ordaz, Trujillo, Hitler, Porfirio Diaz, Stroessmer, Duvalier, and Mussolini. Title translation: "Zapata Lives: Land and Liberty or Death" ", Fernandez, Carmen Sandoval

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