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Molly Crabapple, 2018
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was an American writer, intersectional feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She is known for her technical mastery and emotional expression as a poet. Her poems express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. A self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia.
Mona Tamari, 1985
This artist created these images at age 10, and Vladimir Tamari designed the poster for the occasion of November 29 for the United Nations International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People. Printed by the Palestinian Liberation Organization of Japan.
Trudy Cole, 1993
Trudy Cole designed this poster to promote the understanding that a woman's body is her own, and that she has the ultimate right to say what she does with it.
Nancy Hom, 2011
This poster was commissioned for the traveling exhibition “New World Border” on how artists view the issues created by the Mexican/U.S. border wall. My parody of Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” shows the contrast between the two women and how we perceive them. In his famous painting, Wyeth depicts his neighbor in Maine, who, crippled by polio, is physically challenged but has a strong spirit that helps her conquer her situation. In my version of “Catalina's World,” a Mexican woman is depicted in her challenge to cross the Mexican/U.S. border, but no one praises her extraordinary spirit and will. Instead, she is met with threats of deportation or death.
Artist Unknown, 1981
This poster declares human rights for Palestinians in Arabic, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. The United nations Department of Public Information printed the poster in collaboration with the UN Special Unit on Palestinian Rights.
Burhan Karkoutly (1932-2003), c.1990
During annual Land Day celebrations, Palestinians protest the loss of land by holding vigils, marching, and planting olive trees. Palestinians began observing Land Day annually after March 30, 1976 when deadly protests resulted from the expropriation of land by Israel.
Poster published by the Arab League and the Palestinian Liberation Organization of Japan.
Melanie Cervantes, 2009
As individuals, organizations, communities, and peoples, indigenous women worldwide continually prove their strength in the face of threat and adversity. Indigenous women often live differently and face separate challenges than men despite collectivity. Women preserve culture and tradition and have defended sovereignty for generations. Women struggle for land, acknowledgment of their rights, and against discrimination.
Ricardo Levins Morales, 2008
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a labor leader, activist, and feminist, played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) during the early 1900s. A founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920, Flynn boldly advocated for reproductive and voting rights for women. “History has a long-range perspective. It ultimately passes stern judgment on tyrants and vindicates those who fought, suffered, were imprisoned, and died for human freedom against political oppression and economic slavery.”
The University of Central Oklahoma recognizes the university's main campus is located on the traditional lands of the Caddo and Wichita people.
View the full Land Acknowledgement.
