Ethnic Studies Initiative - Resistance and Liberation

Ethnic Studies Initiative

Resistance and Liberation

Poster showing a brown skinned woman with long black hair is sitting at a table and reading a book that says on the cover, "History Repeats Itself Unless We Learn From It." The word "From" is crossed out.

Camila Rosa, "History Repeats Itself Unless We Learn From It," Amplifier Art.

How have people worked together to resist injustice?

"Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.” - Dolores Huerta

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American Indian Movement

Black and white aerial photograph of the Shakopee State Reformatory for Women's grounds, featured on a postcard.

Escape from Shakopee State Reformatory for Women

Black and white photograph of gay activists from FREE, holding signs that read "I VOTE GAY" and "YES, FAIRIES DO EXIST! COME OUT AND BE PROUD!" All of the protesters appear to be white. One of them is wearing a shirt that says "GAY LIBERATION."

Fight Repression of Erotic Expression (FREE)

Black and white photograph of a hand-made memorial to Michael Brown. The memorial poster reads, "Hands Up. Don't Shoot. Aug 9, 2014. R.I.P. Michael Brown." The poster includes silhouettes of hands framing the text, and the whole memorial is surrounded by flowers.

Art and the Origins of Black Lives Matter

Black and white portrait photograph of Lucy Parsons. She is lookig slightly to the side of the camera, and is wearing a striped dress with a high neck. Her slightly curly hair is up in a low bun.

Anarchism and Identity

William Johnson's painting "Harlem Street With Church." The painting is representational and geometric. The color palette is primarily shades of tan and brown.

Visual Arts of the Harlem Renaissance

Close-up photograph of a yellow and red pin. The central image is of hands breaking a chain. The image is surrounded by text reading Stonewall Means Fight Back! Smash Lesbian and Gay Oppression."

Stonewall Uprising

Close-up clipping of the Black Panthers' newspaper, with the headline "Pressure Forces Califano to Sign 504 Regulations. Handicapped Win Demands to End H.E.W. Occupation." The headline is accompanied by an image of an unidentified Black man pushing a white man using a wheelchair.

Color photograph of a crowd of people at the Longest Walk in front of the Washington Memorial.

The Longest Walk of 1978

Broadside reading Grand Mass Meeting of Pullman Employees and Railroad Men Will Be Held At Central Turner Hall." The text is black on a tan background.

Photograph of two Black Panthers, in uniform and armed.

Color photograph of the street signs for George Perry Floyd Square at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street.

Place and Power

Color photograph of graffiti on the wall of Alcatraz Prison, taken during the American Indian Movement's occupation of Alcatraz Island. The graffiti, written in red paint, reads "INDIAN LAND."

Indians of All Tribes: Occupation of Alcatraz

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