A cartoon in The Black Panther depicting U.S. Imperialism as a pig, attacked by guns and knives representing African, Asian, Latin American and American liberation movements. Representative of the use of “pig” imagery as well as the use of…
A cartoon in The Black Panther showing a woman holding weapons and a man in the background, with the caption “All the weapons we used to use against each other we now use against the oppressor.” Shows a shift in the style of cartoons, from a…
Pattsi Valdez, member of artist group Asco, stands on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, above the wall of the building where two fellow Asco members, Willie F. Herron III, Gronk and Harry Gamboa Jr., had spraypainted their names the night before…
The mural "The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes" is a re-construction of da Vinci's painting "The Last Supper," replacing religious figures with Chicano activists. Artist José Antonio Burciaga polled Chicano students and activists to determine who…
Sheriff’s Deputy armed at the Silver Dollar Café, where Ruben Salazar was shot by a police officer by a 10-inch tear gas projectile in the head on August 29, 1970. Gustav Montag, Lyn Ward, and Jose Diaz were also killed.