‘The Longest Walk’ 1978 Poster

‘The Longest Walk’ 1978 Poster

California
San Francisco
Washington
Protest
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples

This poster displays a lady alone on a desert landscape and promotes ‘The Longest Walk’ protest which occurred during the 20th century. The picture used on the poster acts as a symbol for the forced removal of Native American Indians from their home land. The words ‘The Longest Walk’ typed onto the poster refers to the march which took place during February- July 1978. Hundreds of Native Americans took part in this protest which began in San Francisco and finished in Washington D.C. The five-month march was organized in order to draw attention to the continuing issues which faced the Native Indian community. This source was originally used as an announcement poster used to rally support and gain coverage. Again, this source reveals more about the indigenous civil rights protests which occurred within California, during the 20th century.

Unknown

University of California, Centro Cultural de la Raza archives Collection

https://calisphere.org/exhibitions/4/items/ark:/13030/hb9199p4rk/

1978

Ellen Daly

California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Department of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

English

Visual - poster

20th century California