Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Collection, 1992-2019 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Collection, 1992-2019

ID: 01/01/MSS00100

Primary Creator: Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr.

Extent: 20.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement:

The collection consists of six series arranged by format and size: 1). Prints and postcards, 2.) State road maps, 3.) Promotional materials, 4.) Handheld fans, 5.) Publications, and 6.) Posters. The materials in each series are arranged chronologically by date of the print's creation.

Series 2 contains two subseries: 1.) General and 2.) Bombingham. Series 4 contains two subseries: 1.) General and 2.) Civil rights leaders. Series 5 contains two subseries: 1.) Periodicals and 2.) Event publications.

The collection is described at the item level. The contents of each print are transcribed in quotations, following the capitalization and wording of the prints as closely as possible.

Information contained in parentheses within the quotation marks is found at the top or bottom of the print. Often this information refers to the source of the quotation on the print or an organization involved with the event promoted on the print. For example, “YOUR LIBRARY IS YOUR PARADISE. (Desiderius Erasmus)” and “PRINTERS FAIR (ANNA TEMPLETON CENTRE).”

Text on the background of the prints is included in brackets within quotations. Any information in brackets outside of the quotations indicates design related characteristics of the given print to distinguish it from other prints with identical text. For example, “Food Justice: Community, Local food, Water is life, Fresh Food, Farm-to-Table” [blue and pink].

Date Acquired: 00/00/1997. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Kuba (African people), Smoking -- Folklore, Tales -- Congo (Democratic Republic), Tales -- Nigeria, Yoruba (African people) -- Folklore

Forms of Material: African Americans--Music, American poetry, Artists' Books--United States, Christmas music, Miniature Books -- Specimens, Postcards, Proverbs, African, Spirituals (Songs)

Languages: English

This collection consists of graphic art on handmade paper printed at Kennedy Prints!, Jubilee Press (also Jubalee), or elsewhere by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. (1948-), an American letterpress printer, papermaker, educator, and social activist. Formats include postcards, posters, state road maps, and hand fans. There is also some additional promotional material for events with which Kennedy was involved. Some items for this collection are individually cataloged and searchable in Primo at the link below. Many are also digitized and available to view online as part of our Digital Collections.

See Administrative/Biographical History and Administrative Information for more information.

Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, in 1948. His father, Amos Paul Kennedy Sr., was a professor of agriculture and chemistry who taught at numerous historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) throughout his professional career. In 1972, Kennedy Jr. earned a BA in mathematics at Grambling University, and went on to pursue an MA in education.

Kennedy spent time in the Peace Corps during graduate school, which gave him the opportunity to teach mathematics in Liberia for 18 months. After contracting and recovering from malaria, he returned to the United States and settled in Gaithersburg, Maryland, taking a position with IBM as a systems programmer. He worked there for three years before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked for various computer firms and revived his interest in graduate school—this time for library science.

In 1981, Kennedy moved to Chicago, however, which once again put his formal academic plans on hold. While working for AT&T, he studied calligraphy as a hobby and took letterpress courses at Artist's Book Works, a small non-profit papermaking studio that opened in 1983. His initial interest in the printmaking process was peaked during a trip to Colonial Williamsburg, where he saw the town’s 18th century print shop and book bindery. After six months of coursework, Kennedy came into his own press and, being gifted four cabinets of type by a seasoned printer, quickly transformed his basement into a print shop. This private press was called Idiot Press, its name changing to Kennedy and Sons Fine Printing once he shifted his focus to commercial printing, and later to Jubilee Press (also Jubalee).

In 1995, Kennedy began graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and studied graphic design under Walter Hamady (1940-2019), also taking courses on the history of African art and Vodún. At this time, he moved to Bayside, a suburb of Milwaukee, and worked out of a studio there. He graduated with an MFA in 1997, and in 1998, became the first Black faculty member in the School of Fine Arts at Indiana University.

While living in York, Alabama, in 2002, Kennedy shifted his interest from books to posters and cards. He spent much of the next decade honing his craft in a series of small Alabama towns while traveling to teach, speak, and sell his work. In 2008, he moved to Detroit, Michigan where he established his print shop, Kennedy Prints!.

Using wood type and hand presses, Kennedy produces large editions of wildly colorful, typographically driven posters on inexpensive chipboard stock. His method often involves overprinting multiple layers of text and making constant, subtle alterations to the color of the inks throughout each press run, making each print being subtly unique. He passionately addresses issues of race, freedom, and equality in his work, often incorporating proverbs and tales of the Kuba and Yoruba people of Africa, as well as the work of Black American poets, such as Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). Kennedy has printed under a number of press names, including York Show Prints, Kennedy & Sons, Fine Printers, and Kennedy Prints!

As more and more artists seek to steer away from computer-generated art, Kennedy is often credited with the revival of the letterpress in contemporary and folk art.

Kuba (African people)
Smoking -- Folklore
Tales -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Tales -- Nigeria
Yoruba (African people) -- Folklore

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Accruals: Additions through 2019 have been processed.

Access Restrictions: Open to researchers.

Use Restrictions:

The RBML reproductions policies can be found here:

http://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/ReproductionServices.htm

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would damage materials or involve violation of copyright law.

Related Materials: Interview with Amos Kennedy (University of Wisconsin, Madison Library)

Processing Information: https://wiki.cites.uiuc.edu/wiki/display/librare/Home

URL: https://go.library.illinois.edu/AmosPaulKennedyJrCatalog

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Prints and postcards, 2007-2019

Contains cardstock prints 9 x 11 in. and smaller. The bulk of the prints in this series are mid-sized (6 x 8 in.). Also contains business cards (approximately 2 x 4 in.) and smaller prints.

Box 1

Folder 1: Business cards, 2010-2016

Item 1: “JOHNS & SON Lawn Mower Repair Service”, 2010

“We bleed on lawn mowers” on back.

Item 2: “MERCURY POSTESR (ROCHESTER, NY)”, 2010

Item 3: “KENNEDY PRINTS! We demand the very BEST from our clients”, 2010

www.kennedyprints.com on back.

Item 4: “MERCURY POSTERS (ROCHESTER, NY)”, 2011

Item 5: “Paul Weertz: Community Farmer”, 2013

Item 6: “Harvest Party of Farnsworth”, 2013

“1 FREE Hayride” on back.

Item 7: “VOTE but DON’T VOTE IN THE DARK”, 2013

Item 8: “Courtney Becks: Creative Work”, 2013

Item 9: “John K. King, Used & Rare Books”, 2015

“Books are the best of things if well used…Ralph Waldo Emerson” on back.

Item 10: “London Luggage”, 2015

“EAT WELL TRAVEL OFTEN” on back.

Item 11: “Glenn Martin”, 2015

“Horseman, Pony Parties, Transportation” on back.

Item 12: “Ramon”, 2015

“Landscaping, Snow Removal, Moving” on back.

Item 13: “We demand the very best from our clients”, 2016

Political cartoon and National Recovery Administration stamp on back.

Folder 2: Business cards and bookmarks, 2010-2013

Item 1: “HAPPINESS IS SPOKEN HERE!”, 2010

“HOLLYWOOD MARKET (Boise, ID)” on back.

Item 2: “Join us (hurricane-creek.org)”, 2010

Item 3: “The Friends of the Wesleyan Library (wesleyan.edu/libr/friends)”, 2010

Item 4: “Lancaster Community Library (lancasterlibrary.org)”, 2010

Item 5: “[READ] Square Books (Oxford, Mississippi) [a good cookbook]”, 2011

“The Cultivated South: The fourteenth Southern Foodways Symposium” on back.

Item 6: “[BUY ART] Southside Gallery (Oxford, Mississippi)”, 2011

Item 7: “Okra lovers UNITE! and celebrate the People’s vegetable at the Okra Festival… BURKVILLE, ALABAMA (okrafestival.org)”, 2011

“Okro tik de grow pas en master. (An okra tree does not grow taller than its master (Krio Proverb)” on back.

Item 8-9: “DOO-NANNY”, 2011

“Come to a southern folk art experience 26-27 March in Seale, AL (doo-nanny.com)” on back.

Item 10: “Merry Christmas”, 2011

Item 11: “2012 [TANTI AUGURI]”, 2012

Item 12: “Downtown Farmers Market” [green], 2013

“FOOD” on back.

Item 13: “Downtown Farmers Market” [red and blue], 2013

“LOCALLy GROWN GrEeNs” on back.

Item 14: “If you don’t know, LEARN. If you know, TEACH. (UNA MULZACK On a sign at the Liberation Bookstore in Harlem)”, 2013

Item 15: “VISIT THE BELLE ISLE AQUARIUM”, 2014

Folder 3: “NAPPY negroes in ART! I’se happy to be in NAPPY (nappygram.org)” pin, 2010

Folder 4: Small prints, 2008-2010

Item 1: “AFFORABLE CHRISTMAS CRAFT SHOW, FREE ADMISSION”, 2008

“This Craft Show is a fundraiser for Brown Finch Films for two documentaries in the works and is also a Goodbye Party for Peaceful Yoga which is closing its doors in three weeks. COME SUPPORT LOCAL ARTIST!” on back.

Item 2: “CA$H & CARRY, A sale of posters from the deep South… (The Newark Public LIBRARY)”, 2008

“Do you know Scott?” on back.

Item 3: “Put the message in the hands of the people and MOVE ON! A tirade from Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. (The Newark Public LIBRARY)”, 2008

“Do you know Scott?” on back.

Item 4: “Please come to the screening of the film PROCEED AND BE BOLD! (The Newark Public Library)”, 2008

Item 5: “PROCEED AND BE BOLD! (20K Films)”, 2009

“The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival presents Proceed and Be Bold, a film by Laura Zinger (langstonarts.org, proceedandbebold.org)” on back.

Item 6: “ONE & OTHER, LONDON 2009”, 2009

Item 7: “SUPPORT your neighborhood coffee shop”, 2010

“The Genesee Center for the Arts & Education invites YOU to a weekend of Letterpress merriment. Meet the humble negro printer from Alabama, watch the documentary film about him, hear him speak and buy lots of his inexpensive and        provocative posters… (geneseearts.org).”

Item 8: “JUST SAY NO! TO STRIPMINING FOR COAL”, 2010

Item 9: “STAR CAFÉ”, 2010

Item 10: “Hey Bama! THINK, Don’t sell your SOUL for coal! NAPPY makes you happy”, 2010

“Do you know Scott?” on back.

Item 11: “DRIVE BY PRESS! OMG”, 2010

“Designed by Guy N?, S. PROCHYKA, Feb. 7^th, 2010” on back.

Item 12: “812 BLOOMINGTON”, 2010

Design by Kim Ransdell.

Folder 5: Small prints, 2010

Item 1: “This is not a postcard!”, 2010

Item 2: “PROCEED AND BE BOLD! (Brown Finch Films)”, 2010

“Around the Coyote, QUIT YOUR JOB AND BECOME AN ARTIST the exhibition… PROCEED AND BE BOLD screening… CASH & CARRY poster sale (aroundthecoyote.org)” on back.

Item 3: “CA$H & CARRY POSTER SALE”, 2010

“Around the Coyote, QUIT YOUR JOB AND BECOME AN ARTIST the exhibition… PROCEED AND BE BOLD screening… CASH & CARRY poster sale (aroundthecoyote.org)” on back.

Item 4: “QUIT YOUR JOB, BECOME AN ARTIST”, 2010

“Around the Coyote, QUIT YOUR JOB AND BECOME AN ARTIST the exhibition… PROCEED AND BE BOLD screening… CASH & CARRY poster sale (aroundthecoyote.org)” on back.

Item 5: “COLLECTIVE BARGAINING is a human right…. We are state employees, not state slaves”, 2010

“Soon 2 b former governor Scott Walker” on back.

Item 6: “ALABAMA BOOK FESTIVAL”, 2010

Item 7: “GINA RANTS on writing & performing rage (CAAS)”, 2010

Item 8: “tcf”, 2010

Item 9: “THANK YOU”, 2010

Designed by Kim Ransdell.

Item 10: “BREED LOVE”, 2010

Designed by Kim Ransdell.

Item 11: 1963 U.S. stamp by Georg Olden commemorating the 100th year of the Emancipation Proclamation on Kennedy print, 2010

The print reads as follows: “This stamp commemorates the 100th year of the Emancipation Proclamation. Georg Olden, famed graphic artist, became the first Black to design a U.S. postage stamp. It was issued on August 16, 1963. The stamp features severed link in a large black chain against a blue background.”

Folder 6: Small prints, 2010-2011

Item 1-2: “I SUPPORT SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE AND I VOTE!”, 2010

Item 3: “DANGER, RACISM. (an American family value)”, 2010

Item 4: “SEXISM is RACISM. (an American family value)”, 2010

Item 5: “HOMOPHOBIA is RACISM. (an American family value)”, 2010

Item 6: “Post racial is the new RACISM. (an American family value)”, 2010

Item 7: “CLASSISM is RACISM. (an American family value)”, 2010

Item 8: “Post racial my ass. (an American family value.)” [bright red], 2010

Item 9: “Post racial my ass. (an American family value)” [dark red], 2010

Item 10: “RACISM: an American family value”, 2010

Item 11: “Abuse of power is RACISM. an American family value”, 2010

Item 12: “The Friends of Hurricane Creek 16th annual cleanup of Hurricane Creek (hurricane-creek.org)”, 2011

Item 13-14: “A Hollywood Fringe 2011 Production: DEATH 40-FEET TALL”, 2011

“!DEATH 40-FEET TALL! Two best friends. Their geek life. Giant Robots… Exclusively at ComedySportz (hollywoodfringe.org)” on back.

Item 15: “JUDGE FRANK JOHNSON ‘gave true meaning to the word JUSTICE’ (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)”, 2011

“Dedication of the Frank M. Johnson, Jr. Collection, May 20, 2011, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama” on back.

Folder 7: Small prints, 2012

Item 1: “Put the message in the hands of the people and move on”, 2012

Item 2: “VOTE to end slavery”, 2012

Item 3: “THINK about ending slavery!”, 2012

Item 4: “TIRADE: Put the message in the hands of the people and move on…”, 2012

Includes schedule of events involving Amos Kennedy, Jr. from February 8, 2012-February 9, 2012 on back.

Item 5: Put the message in the hands of the people and MOVE ON!”, 2012

Includes schedule of events involving Amos Kennedy, Jr. from February 8, 2012-February 9, 2012 on back.

Item 6: “CAN YOU WALK AWAY?”, 2012

Item 7: “CAN YOU WALK AWAY? END SLAVERY”, 2012

“www.lincolncottage.org” and “www.polarisproject.org” on back.

Item 8: “Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labor of slaves. (James Madison)”, 2012

“CAN YOU WALK AWAY? Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the United States OPENING 17 February 2012 (lincolncottage.org, polarisproject.org)” on back.

Item 9: “Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking. (Nina Simone)”, 2012

“CAN YOU WALK AWAY? Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the United States OPENING 17 February 2012 (lincolncottage.org, polarisproject.org)” on back.

Item 10: “People think this is an issue of the exploitation of people, when the real issue is the enslavement of people. (Nosila Eyellit)”, 2012

“CAN YOU WALK AWAY? Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the United States OPENING 17 February 2012 (lincolncottage.org, polarisproject.org)” on back.

Item 11: “In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free. (Abraham Lincoln)”, 2012

“CAN YOU WALK AWAY? Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the United States OPENING 17 February 2012 (lincolncottage.org, polarisproject.org)” on back.

Item 12: “If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. (Abraham Lincoln)”, 2012

“CAN YOU WALK AWAY? Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the United States OPENING 17 February 2012 (lincolncottage.org, polarisproject.org)” on back.

Item 13: “People think this is an issue of the transportation of people…the real issue is the exploitation of people. (Bradley Myles)”, 2012

“CAN YOU WALK AWAY? Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the United States OPENING 17 February 2012 (lincolncottage.org, polarisproject.org)” on back.

Item 14: “TIRADE: Put the message in the hands of the people and move on… TUESDAY 24.10.06, 8:03 PM, Smith Reading Room, OLIN LIBRARY”, 2012

Item 15: “CAN YOU WALK AWAY? Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in the United States, OPENING 17 February 2012 (lincolncottage.org, polarisproject.org)”, 2012

“END SLAVERY” on back.

Item 16: “DO MORE THAN VOTE, Organize your neighbors, Know where your money goes, Teach kids to think critically”, 2012

National Recovery Administration stamp on bottom.

Item 17: “VOTE” bookmark, 2012

Folder 8: Small prints, 2013

Item 1: “Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike. (John F. Kennedy) (thehubofdetroit.com)”, 2013

Item 2: “Progressive Dinner by Bicycle SEP 15 (backalleybikes.org)”, 2013

Item 3: “Progressive Dinner by Bicycle MAY 26 (backalleybikes.org)”, 2013

Item 4: “Progressive Dinner by Bicycle JUL 14 (backalleybikes.org)”, 2013

Item 5: “Ride a (bike) (thehubofdetroit.org)”, 2013

Item 6: “SUPPORT the DETROIT Public Library”, 2013

Item 7: “SUPPORT the HAMTRAMCK Public Library”, 2013

Item 8: “If you must buy, BUY LOCAL”, 2013

Item 9: “The Boggs School Family Fun Day MAY 26”, 2013

Item 10: “$”, 2013

Item 11: “Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I have hope for the human race. (H.G. Wells) (thehubofdetroit.org)”, 2013

Item 12: “Time to Bike. (thehubofdetroit.org)”, 2013

National Recovery Administration stamp on bottom.

Folder 9: Small prints, 2014

Item 1: “Good schools are good for us, our kids, and our community. (MARGARET WEERTZ)”, 2014

“MARGARET WEERTZ for the GP School Board [VOTE]” on back.

Item 2: “Parents treasure these schools because they are getting something really special. (MARGARET WEERTZ)”, 2014

“MARGARET WEERTZ for the GP School Board [VOTE]” on back.

Item 3: “I would like your support to be one of the agents to move our district toward 21st century learning, academically and technologically. (MARGARET WEERTZ)”, 2014

“MARGARET WEERTZ for the GP School Board [VOTE]” on back.

Item 4: “A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. (Thomas Carlyle, Detroit Public Library)”, 2014

Item 5: “A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. (Thomas Carlyle, 13th Annual Kerrytown BookFest, 13 September 2015)”, 2014

Item 6: “The wealth of the mind is the only true WEALTH. [SUPPORT The Detroit <span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Public LIBRARY]”, 2014

Item 7: “A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. (Thomas Carlyle)”, 2014

Item 8: “GOGGLE UP! Science is about to HAPPEN”, 2014

Item 9: “GET SMARTER EVERY DAY”, 2014

Item 10: “BE A THINKER and DOER”, 2014

Folder 10: Pilchuck Glass School mock-up for burnt books, 2014

Folder 11: Small prints, 2015

Item 1: “DETROIT STRONG”, 2015

Item 2: “CASH & CARRY, a sale of Kennedy Prints! posters (The Greenhouse on Porter)”, 2015

“Southern Biscuits (greenhouseonporter.com)” on back.

Item 3: “CASH & CARRY, a sale of Kennedy Prints! posters (Smith & Lens)”, 2015

“Smith & Lens: a gallery of goodness (smithandlens.com)” on back.

Item 4: “CASH & CARRY, a sale of Kennedy Prints! posters (Arts Estuary)”, 2015

“POStER SaLe” on back.

Item 5: “CITIZENS for a BLIGHT FREE DETROIT”, 2015

Item 6: “If you have a library card, USE IT! If you don’t have a library card, GET ONE! (Detroit Public Library)”, 2015

Item 7: “End Slavery in theseunitedstatesofamerica” [American Negro Emancipation Centennial], 2015

Item 8: “End Slavery in theseunitedstatesofamerica” [inverted flags], 2015

Item 9: “BELLE ISLE AQUARIUM congratulates the Detroit Public Library…”, 2015

Item 10: “Guerrilla Food invites you… (guerillafooddetroit.com)”, 2015

“Farm-to-Table COOKING, Bonfire, Music, Fellowship” on back.

Item 11: “GUERILLA FOOD presents a fundraiser for the Pink Flamingo (guerrillafooddetroit.com)”, 2015

“guerilla Detroit” on back.

Item 12: “Diverse books need us (Office for Intellectual Freedom)”, 2015

Item 13: “Put the message in the hands of the people and move on (Kent State University)”, 2015

Item 14: “Put the message in the hands of the people and move on (University of Akron)”, 2015

Workshop demo, progressive proofs.

Folder 12: Small prints, 2016

Item 1: “END SLAVERY NOW”, 2016

Item 2: “Debra Riffe: The High Priestess of LINOCUTS”, 2016

Item 3: “End Slavery in theseunitedstatesofamerica” [blue background with star], 2016

Item 4: “End Slavery in theseunitedstatesofamerica” [inverted flags], 2016

Item 5-6: “end SLAVERY in theseunitedstatesofamerica” [black font, drummer], 2016

Item 7: “end SLAVERY in theseunitedstatesofamerica” [red font, drummer], 2016

Item 8: “end SLAVERY in theseunitedstatesofamerica” [red font, figure in star], 2016

Item 9: “end SLAVERY in theseunitedstatesofamerica” [red font, figure with mouth open], 2016

Folder 13: Small prints, 2016-2017

Item 1: “HEY! We gonna VOTE you outta office”, 2016-2017

Item 2: “Transgender is an adjective not a noun”, 2016-2017

Item 3: “GUERILLA FOOD: Community, Local food, Water is life, Fresh Food, Farm-to-Table”, 2016-2017

Item 4: “Food Justice: Community, Local food, Water is life, Fresh Food, Farm-to-Table” [orange], 2016-2017

Item 5-6: “Food Justice: Community, Local food, Water is life, Fresh Food, Farm-to-Table” [blue and pink], 2016-2017

Item 7: “Food Justice: Community, Local food, Water is life, Fresh Food, Farm-to-Table” [blue and green], 2016-2017

Folder 14: Small prints, 2016-2018

Item 1: “end SLAVERY in theseunitedstatesofamerica” [Aunt Jemima], 2016

Item 2: “END SLAVERY NOW”, 2016

Item 3: “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free (Frederick Douglass)”, 2016

Item 4: “ARTS ALIVE!”, 2017

Item 5: “FIGHT like you are the third monkey on the Ark. (Mama Mocha’s Coffee Emporium)”, 2018

Item 6: “Community, Local food, Water is life, Fresh Food, Farm to Table”, 2018

Item 7: “Have a seat at the TABLE: Join the conversation and enjoy a slice of pizza”, 2018

Item 8: “The G.E.M.S. 1^st Annual Community Festival & Fair”, 2018

Item 9: “WARNING: Polluted air from the incinerator in Detroit causes DEATH”, 2018

Item 10: “Have a seat at the TABLE”, 2018

“What is fiz? Detroit has plans for our neighborhood. Let’s tell them what we want!” on back.

Item 11: “black votes count”, 2018

Item 12: “GOLDEN-ROD FRYING CHICKENS PACKED BY GOLDEN-ROD BROILERS (GREENSBORO, AL)”, undated

Folder 15: Mid-size prints, 2007-2010

Item 1: “Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. will be TALKin’ LOUd & SAYin’ NOTHIN’”, 2007

Item 2: “How I Spent My Summer Vacation! A SHOW & TELL of books by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.”, 2007

Item 3: “CA$H & CARRY POSTER SALE, Letterpress posters from the Alabama’s Black Belt”, 2007

“The two of WAVERLY, Alabama presents The 7^th Annual Old 280 Boogie (standarddeluxe.com)” on back.

Item 4: “LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY GENERAL EDUCATION FILM SERIES”, 2007

Item 5: “HANSON GALLERY presents GEE’S BEND TODAY: Messages from the Alabama Black Belt Region, ARTIST RECEPTION (hansongallery.com)”, 2008

Item 6: “I am aS SOUTHERn aS COLLARD greens”, 2010

Item 7: “If everything you do is an experiment, you don’t have any failures. (Harry Riddick)”, 2010

Item 8: “What kind of civilization builds monuments to its artists?”, 2010

Item 9: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is NOW! (A Chinese Proverb)”, 2010

Item 10: “[CHEAP IS EXPENSIVE] The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the SWEETNESS of low price is forgotten”, 2010

Item 11: “Merry Christmas”, 2010

Item 12: “PULL A PRINT WITH AMOS PAUL KENNED, JR., LEARN LETTERPRESS at HAMILTON WOOD TYPE MUSEUM (wisconsin.aiga.org)”, 2010

Item 13: “JST SAY NO! TO STRIPMINING FOR COAL”, 2010

Item 14: “FOOD, 1 – home-grown is best, 2 – buy with thought, 3 – buy local food, 4 – cook it with care, 5 – serve just enough, 6 – use what is left, Don’t waste it”, 2010

National Recovery Administration stamp on bottom.

Folder 16: Mid-size prints, 2010

Item 1: “WEIRD SCIENCE (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 2: “LET’S PLAY (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 3: “OUT OF THIS WORLD (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 4: “COPING WITH LIFE (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 5: “CREATE & CELEBRATE (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 6: “TELL A TALE (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 7: “AROUND THE GLOBE (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 8: “THINGS THAT GO (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 9: “YOU & ME (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 10: “LET US PRAISE (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 11: “IT’S ALIVE (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 12: “AMERICA (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 13: “LOOK IT UP (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Item 14: “PLANET EARTH (Demopolis Public Library)”, 2010

Folder 17: Mid-size prints, 2012

Item 1: “He plants trees to benefit another generation. (CAECILIUS TATIUS) (R.G. Landscapes, Inc.)”, 2012

Item 2: “CRAFT [kraft] v. / to design or make with care, detail and social responsibility (Rural Studio Pig Roast)”, 2012

Item 3: “We’ve all been given a gift, the gift of life. What we do with our lives is our gift back (EDO)”, 2012

Item 4: “Green Pea Press Presents: AMOS KENNEDY SPEAKS! Saturday, Feb. 18 6-8pm, FREE & open to the public, at historic Lowe Mill (greenpeapress.com, lowemill.net)”, 2012

Printed by Rachel Lackey at Green Pea Press.

Item 5: “PR!NT BIG! Atlanta printmakers studio”, 2012

Box 2

Folder 1: Mid-size prints, 2013

Item 1: “pQ”, 2013

Item 2: “GROW DETROIT”, 2013

Item 3: “EAT FRESH FOOD Grown in Detroit. (rising pheasantfarms.blogspot.com)”, 2013

National Recovery Administration stamp on bottom.

Item 4: “Support Urban Farms, BUY LOCAL (rising pheasantfarms.blogspot.com)”, 2013

National Recovery Administration stamp on bottom.

Item 5: “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up… (Rosa Louise Parks)”, 2013

Item 6: “Farm to Eat. Eat to Live. Live to Bike. Bike to Farm. Grown in Detroit. (risingpheasantfarms.blogspot.com)”, 2013

National Recovery Administration stamp on bottom.

Item 7: “PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF GREAT”, 2013

Item 8: “EDUCATION is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. (George Washington Carver)”, 2013

Item 9: “GROW DETROIT GROW”, 2013

Item 10: “BE TOO BRAVE TO LIE. (George Washington Carver)”, 2013

Folder 2: Postal prints, 2010-2013

Item 1: “[DETROIT PRINTS] Poverty ain’t cheap.” mailing envelope, 2010

Item 1.1: “[POOR] Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. (James Baldwin)” mid-size print, 2010

Item 2: “[DETROIT PRINTS] PROTECT the COMMONS” mailing envelope, 2010

Item 2.1: “IF I CAN’T TRUST YOU WHO CAN YOU TRUST?” mid-size print, 2010

Includes a note from Amos Kennedy, Jr. regarding “perks.”

Item 3: “CELEBRATE NEGRO HISTORY WEEK” mailing envelope, 2010

Item 3.1: “EQUALITY IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE FOR BLACKS IN THESEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA” mid-size print, 2010

Item 4: “hOpE” mailing envelope, 2010

Item 4.1: “HOPE is the pillar of the world” mid-size print, 2010

Item 5: Mailing envelope with red snake, 2011

Item 6: “DETROIT pRINtING PLANT” [blue] mailing envelope, 2013

Item 6.1: “PERFECT IS THE ENEMY OF GREAT” mid-size print, 2013

Item 7: “DETROIT pRINtING PLANT” [green] mailing envelope, 2013

Item 7.1: “EDUCATION is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. (GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER)” mid-size print, 2013

Folder 3: Postal prints, 2013-2017

Item 1: “USPS: A National Treasure” mailing envelope, 2013

Item 1.1: “You can’t put old heads on young shoulders” mid-size print, 2013

Item 2: “SUPPORT THE USPS” mailing envelope, 2014

Item 2.1: “THE FOUNTAIN Of WISDOM fLOWS THROUGH BOOKS” mid-size print, 2014

Item 2.2: “You have to work hard to get what you want, and even harder to protect it. (Mr. Tut)” mid-size print, 2014

Item 3: “KP” United States Postal Service Priority Mail Label (no mailing address), 2016-2017

Item 4: “KP” United States Postal Service Priority Mail Label (to Rare Book and Manuscript Library), 2016-2017

Item 5: “KP” mailing envelope, 2017

Item 5.1: “We demand the very best from our clients” business card with political cartoon and National Recovery Administration stamp on back, 2017

Item 5.2: “OWN THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION” mid-size print, 2017

Correspondence from Amos Kennedy, Jr. to Beth Trotter (library Acquisitions Department) on back.

Folder 4: Mid-size prints, 2014

Item 1: “LIBERTY IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE FOR BLACKS IN THESEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA,”, 2014

Item 2: “FREEDOM IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE FOR BLACKS IN THESEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA”, 2014

Item 3: “JUSTICE IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE FOR BLACKS IN THESEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA”, 2014

Item 4: “EQUALITY IS A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE FOR BLACKS IN THESEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA”, 2014

Item 5: “Give LIGHT and people will find the WAY. (ELLA BAKER)”, 2014

Item 6: “FREEDOM is never given; IT IS WON! (A. Philip Randolph)”, 2014

Item 7: “I AM nEGrO!”, 2014

Item 8: “STRONG PEOPLE don’t need strong leaders. (ELLA BAKER)”, 2014

Item 9: “YOUR LIBRARY IS YOUR PARADISE. (Desiderius Erasmus)”, 2014

Item 10: “Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? (Henry Ward Beecher)”, 2014

Item 11: “WEAR THE OLD COAT and BUY THE NEW BOOK. (Austin Phelps)”, 2014

Item 12: “You had me at ‘ACTION’ [FAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL]”, 2014

Folder 5: Mid-size prints, 2014

Item 1: “HEY! I’M WATCHIN’ HERE. [FAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL]”, 2014

Item 2: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is NOW! (A Chinese Proverb)”, 2014

Item 3: “THOSE WHO CARE, TEACH”, 2014

Item 4: “Those who know, DO. Those who understand TEACH”, 2014

Item 5: “TEACHERS TOUCH THE FUTURE”, 2014

Item 6: “TEACHING is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost TRADITION. (Jacques Barzun)”, 2014

Item 7: “I TEACH! What’s your superpower?”, 2014

Item 8: “PLAY IT AGAIN. [FAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL]”, 2014

Item 9: “I THINK WE’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER SCREEN. [FAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL]”, 2014

Item 10: “VISIT B ELLE IS LE AQU ARIUM”, 2014

“Join the BELLE ISLE AQUARIUM” on back.

Item 11: “I LOVE YOU MORE THAN READING”, 2014

Item 12: “GOGGLE UP! SCIENCE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN”, 2014

Folder 6: Mid-size prints, 2014

Item 1: “GET SMARTER EVERY DAY”, 2014

Item 2: “LIFE’S JUST A BOX OF DVD’S [FAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL]”, 2014

Item 3: “IF I CAN’T TRUST YOU WHO CAN YOU TRUST?”, 2014

Item 4: “In a world of TALKERS, be a THINKER and DOER”, 2014

Item 5: “I AM NOT A MiSFIt, I AM A PERFECT FIT”, 2014

Item 6: “DON’T LISTEN TO ANYONE. (aj leon)”, 2014

Item 7: “DON’T WAIT FOR permission. (aj leon)”, 2014

Item 8: “AVERAGE IS A CHOICE. [Fargo, ND] (aj leon)”, 2014

Item 9: “GIVE MORE THAN YOU GET. [Fargo, ND] (aj leon)”, 2014

Item 10: “FREE YOUR MIND and your ass will follow. [THE KINgDom of heaven is within]”, 2014

Item 11: “PACE IN TERRA”, 2014

Item 12: “PEACE ON EARTH”, 2014

Item 13: “Conscientiously Object”, 2014

Item 14: “VISIT THE BELLE ISLE AQUARIUM”, 2014

Folder 7: Mid-size prints, 2015

Item 1: “A place apart, a place of ART! (Bay Saint Louis)”, 2015

Item 2: “A ROOM without BOOKS is like a BODY without a SOUL. (Cicero)” [green], 2015

Item 3: “A ROOM without BOOKS is like a BODY without a SOUL. (Cicero)” [red], 2015

Item 4: “Architects are by nature and pursuit, leaders and teachers. (SAMBO MOCKBEE)”, 2015

Item 5: “Architecture has to be greater than just architecture… (SAMBO MOCKBEE)”, 2015

Item 6: “AWESOMENESS, Come play the Bay way. (Bay Saint Louis)”, 2015

Item 7: “BE TOO BRAVE TO LIE. (George Washington Carver)”, 2015

Item 8: “BE TOO GENEROUS TO CHEAT. (George Washington Carver)” [purple], 2015

Item 9: “BE TOO GENEROUS TO CHEAT. (George Washington Carver)” [yellow], 2015

Item 10: “CASH & CARRY: A sale of Kennedy Prints! posters (Greenhouse on Porter)”, 2015

Folder 8: Mid-size prints, 2015

Item 1: “I am as SOUTHeRN aS CoLLARD gREENS”, 2015

Item 2: “DON’T LICK THE ART (Rusted Willow Artworks)”, 2015

Item 3: “VISIT BELLE ISLE AQUARIUM”, 2015

Item 4: “CASH & CARRY: A sale of Kennedy Prints! posters (Smith & Lens)”, 2015

Item 5: “HUSTLE, COPY, HACK, PROVOKE, PIVOT”, 2015

Item 6: “Give OUTSIDERS a way in. Pirates, hackers, & gangsters are ENTREPRENEURS”, 2015

Item 7: “Everyone, rich or poor, deserves a shelter for the soul. (SAMBO MOCKBEE)”, 2015

Item 8: “ENTREPRENEURS are pirates, hackers, & gangstas. Give OUTSIDERS a way in”, 2015

Item 9: “echoColors (sara anne gibson)”, 2015

Item 10: “Down the rabbit hole underground you will find your inner misfit”, 2015

Folder 9: Mid-size prints, 2015

Item 1: “I am as SOUTHeRN aS BISCuitS”, 2015

Item 2: “The best way to make real architecture… (SAMBO MOCKBEE)”, 2015

Item 3: “The FOUNTAIN Of WISDOM fLOWS THROUGH BOOKS”, 2015

Item 4: “Creation of opportunity (The Prichard Mohawks)”, 2015

Item 5: “Everyone has a JOB. (The Prichard Mohawks)”, 2015

Item 6: “We are here to PLAY baseball. (The Prichard Mohawks)”, 2015

Item 7: “To drink is human, to drink SWEET TEA is DIVINE”, 2015

Item 8: “VISIT B ELLE IS LE AOU ARIUM”, 2015

Item 9: “BAROUDEUR (Wayne State University)” [cyclist in background], 2015

Item 10: “BAROUDEUR (Wayne State University)” [cyclist in foreground], 2015

Folder 10: Mid-size prints, 2015

Item 1: “You’re NOT in MISSISSIPPI anymore. (Bay Saint Louis)”, 2015

Item 2: “It’s not about your greatness as an architect, but about your compassion. (SAMBO MOCKBEE)”, 2015

Item 3: “OKRA FeSTIvAL 2016”, 2015

Item 4: “It’s fun to be WEIRD! (Oak Johns)”, 2015

Item 5: “IT’S A STATE OF MIND! (Bay Saint Louis)”, 2015

Item 6: “INNOVATION is a seed planted in YOU. Let it GROW!”, 2015

Item 7: “I tell my students, it’s got to be warm, dry, and noble. (SAMBO MOCKBEE)”, 2015

Item 8: “I like being WEIRD! (Oak Johns)”, 2015

Item 9: “I am as SOUTHeRN aS POT LIKKER”, 2015

Item 10: “I am as SOUTHeRN aS SWEET TEA”, 2015

Folder 11: Mid-size prints, 2016

Item 1: “CRAFT. Handmade by Humans”, 2016

Item 2: “I AM NEGRO! I am queer”, 2016

Item 3: “I AM nEGRO! I am Father”, 2016

Item 4: “I AM nEGRO! I am lynched”, 2016

Item 5: “I AM nEGRO! I am ETERNITY!”, 2016

Item 6: “I AM NEGRO! I am [N-word]!”, 2016

Item 7: “I AM nEGRO! I am feared”, 2016

Item 8: “I AM nEGRO! I am beaten”, 2016

Item 9: “I AM nEGRO! I am frisked”, 2016

Item 10: “I AM nEGRO! I am Mother”, 2016

Folder 12: Mid-size prints, 2016

Item 1: “I AM nEGRO! I am shot”, 2016

Item 2: “I AM NEGRO! I am trans”, 2016

Item 3: “I AM NEGRO! I am bi”, 2016

Item 4: “I AM NEGRO! I am gay”, 2016

Item 5: “I AM NEGRO! I AM!”, 2016

Item 6: “I AM nEGRO! I am loved”, 2016

Item 7: “I AM nEGRO! I am Brother”, 2016

Item 8: “I AM nEGRO! I am stopped”, 2016

Item 9: “I AM nEGRO! I am Sister”, 2016

Item 10: “I AM nEGRO! I am enslaved”, 2016

Folder 13: Mid-size prints, 2016

Item 1: “I AM nEGRO! I am imprisoned”, 2016

Item 2: “I AM nEGRO! I am human”, 2016

Item 3: “I AM nEGRO! I am hated”, 2016

Item 4: “I am as SOUTHERN as DOLLY PARTON”, 2016

Item 5: “I am as SOUTHERN as PURPLE HULL PEAS”, 2016

Item 6: “I am as SOUTHERN as MEAT AND tHRee”, 2016

Item 7: “I am as SOUTHERN as BOILED Peanuts”, 2016

Item 8: “I am as SOUTHERN as PEPPER JELLY”, 2016

Item 9: “I am as SOUTHERN as GRITS”, 2016

Item 10: “I am as SOUTHERN as Okra”, 2016

Folder 14: Mid-size prints, 2016

Item 1: “I am as SOUTHERN as BLACK-EYED PEAS”, 2016

Item 2: “I am as SOUTHERN as SWEET TEA”, 2016

Item 3: “I am as SOUTHERN as PECANS”, 2016

Item 4: “I am as SOUTHERN as MINT JuLePs”, 2016

Item 5: “I am as SOUTHERN as CORNBREAD”, 2016

Item 6: “I am as SOUTHERN as fried CATFISH”, 2016

Item 7: “I am as SOUTHERN as PIMENTO CheeSe”, 2016

Item 8: “I am as SOUTHERN as BISCuiTS”, 2016

Item 9: “I am as SOUTHERN as COLLARD GREENS”, 2016

Item 10: “I am as SOUTHERN as WHITE BREAD”, 2016

Folder 15: Mid-size prints, 2016

Item 1: “I am as SOUTHERN as THE BLUES”, 2016

Item 2: “I am as SCONNIE as A BOWL of BooyaH”, 2016

Item 3: “I am as SCONNIE AS A FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRY”, 2016

Item 4: “I am as SCONNIE as FRIED CHEESE CURDS”, 2016

Item 5: “I am as SCONNIE AS A DOUBLE BRAT”, 2016

Item 6: “I am as SCONNIE AS AN uff da”, 2016

Item 7: “I am as SCONNIE AS A BRANDY OLD FASHIONED”, 2016

Item 8: “I am as SCONNIE as FRESH CHEESE CURDS”, 2016

Item 9: “I am as SCONNIE as A DONTCHA KNOW”, 2016

Item 10: “I am as SCONNIE as AS A POLITE HELLO”, 2016

Folder 16: Mid-size prints, 2016

Item 1: “I am as SCONNIE as A OhYahhey”, 2016

Item 2: “NOBODY’S FREE UNTIL EVERYBODY’S FREE. (Fannie Lou Hamer)”, 2016

Item 3: “There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people. (Fannie Lou Hamer)”, 2016

Item 4: “The artist must elect to fight for FREEDOM or for slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative. (Paul Robeson)”, 2016

Item 5: “We ask for nothing that is not RIGHT, and herein lies the great power of our DEMAND. (Paul Robeson)”, 2016

Item 6: “Once you learn to READ, you will be forever FREE. (Frederick Douglass)”, 2016

“Office for Intellectual Freedom: American Library Association” on back.

Item 7: “CRAFT has a language from the neck down. Similar to dance. (Jean McLaughlin)”, 2016

Item 8: “The path of least resistance leads to a very cRoWdEd place. (Jessica Hische)”, 2016

Item 9: “Being a studio artist is not just for rich kids. (Mark Shapiro)”, 2016

Item 10: “I don’t wait for institutions at all, and I never define success by institutions. (Nicholas Galanin)”, 2016

Folder 17: Mid-size prints, 2016

Item 1: “If you can go alone, you can go fast. If you go together, you can go far! (A proverb from Africa shared by SONYA CLARK)” [light background], 2016

Item 2: “If you can go alone, you can go fast. If you go together, you can go far! (A proverb from Africa shared by SONYA CLARK)” [dark background], 2016

Item 3: “Save the date: Douglas McLeod, Jamilia Harnois”, 2016

Item 4: “AC’s Selma Sampler Tour 2016: a little taste of this 12 layer cake I call home”, 2016

Item 5: “The Bricks of Ybor presents an exhibition of one thousand post cards by Kennedy Prints”, 2016

Item 6: “AMERICAN NEGRO LABOR CONGRESS”, 2016

Item 7: “2+2=4”, 2016

Folder 18: Potato chip bags, 2016

Item 1: Detroit Friends Potato Chips Co. Barbeque bag, 2016

Item 2: Detroit Friends Potato Chips Co. Lemon Pepper bag, 2016

Item 3: Detroit Friends Potato Chips Co. Onion & Celery bag, 2016

Item 4: Detroit Friends Potato Chips Co. Sea Salt bag, 2016

Box 3

Folder 1: Mid-size prints, 2016-2017

Item 1: “CLASSIC CREATIONS: a brand that specializes in creating classics (CLASSIC CREATIONS)”, 2016-2017

Item 2: “SELF-MADE, SELF-PAID (CLASSIC CREATIONS)”, 2016-2017

Item 3: “Life has no limitations except the ones you create (CLASSIC CREATIONS)”, 2016-2017

Item 4: “FAMILY BUSINESS (CLASSIC CREATIONS)”, 2016-2017

Item 5: “CLASSIC MINDEST (CLASSIC CREATIONS)”, 2016-2017

Item 6: “TAYLORED MINDS (TAYLOR’S BARBERSHOP)”, 2016-2017

Item 7: “You can never cross oceans unless you have courage to lose sight of the shore. (TAYLOR’S BARBERSHOP)”, 2016-2017

Item 8: “THINK different BE DIFFERENT (TAYLOR’S BARBERSHOP)”, 2016-2017

Item 9: “TURN YOUR DREAMS INTO REALITY (TAYLOR’S BARBERSHOP)”, 2016-2017

Item 10: “Sometimes life is about risking everything for a dream no one can see but you. (TAYLOR’S BARBERSHOP)”, 2016-2017

Item 11: “Each one, TEACH ONE! (SILK SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 12: “LOVE IS EARNED, NOT BOUGHT. (SILK SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 13: “SUCCESS COMES FROM PASSION (SILK SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 14: “I brought you into this WORLD and I can take you OUT. (SILK SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 15: “WE ARE FAMILY! (UNLEASHED: THE SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 16: “CURL IT UP! (UNLEASHED: THE SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 17: “WE LOVE OUR CRAFT. (UNLEASHED: THE SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 18: “THANK YOU (UNLEASHED: THE SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 19: “Higher the hair, the closer to heaven (PARLOR SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 20: “HAIR LOVE (PARLOR SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 21: “BAD ASS MOTHER CUTTER (PARLOR SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 22: “CONTROLLED chAos (PARLOR SALON)”, 2016-2017

Item 23: “I love your hair, will you marry me? (PARLOR SALON)”, 2016-2017

Folder 2: Mid-size prints, 2016-2017

Item 1: “HOME SWEET HARLEM (SHRINE, YATENGA, SILVANA)”, 2016-2017

Item 2: “We were just remarking about the refrangibility of the escape philosophy, which makes it highly ingenious for the progressive anniversary. (Amo)”, 2016-2017

Item 3: “My Sisters & Me: Women of Color Photographers”, 2016-2017

Item 4: “Slsla”, 2016-2017

Item 5: “GET SMARTER EVERY DAY (Smarter Every Day)”, 2016-2017

Item 6: “KNOWLEDGE DOES NOT EQUAL UNDERSTANDING (Smarter Every Day)” [red], 2016-2017

Item 7: “KNOWLEDGE DOES NOT EQUAL UNDERSTANDING (Smarter Every Day)” [orange], 2016-2017

Item 8: “GOGGLE UP! SCIENCE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN (Smarter Every Day)” [green], 2016-2017

Item 9: “GOGGLE UP! SCIENCE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN (Smarter Every Day)” [purple], 2016-2017

Item 10: “GOGGLE UP! SCIENCE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN (Smarter Every Day)” [brown], 2016-2017

Item 11: “In a world of TALKERS be a THINKER and DOER (Smarter Every Day)” [yellow], 2016-2017

Item 12: “In a world of TALKERS be a THINKER and DOER (Smarter Every Day)” [green], 2016-2017

Item 13: “In a world of TALKERS be a THINKER and DOER (Smarter Every Day)” [purple], 2016-2017

Item 14: “Give LIGHT and people will find the WAY. (Ella Baker)”, 2016-2017

Item 15: “PROTECT THE COMMONS!”, 2016-2017

Item 16: “Art is an elastic sort of Love. (Josephine Baker)”, 2016-2017

Item 17: “NOBODY’S FREE UNTIL EVERYBODY’S FREE. (Fannie Lou Hamer)”, 2016-2017

Item 18: “SLAVE NATION” [red], 2016-2017

Item 19: “SLAVE NATION” [black], 2016-2017

Item 20: “STRONG PEOPLE don’t need strong leaders. (Ella Baker)”, 2016-2017

Item 21: “ABOLISH SLAVERY in theseunitedstatesofamerica”, 2016-2017

Item 22: “I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. (Sojourner Truth)”, 2016-2017

Item 23: “If the white man gives you anything—just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves. (Fannie Lou Hamer)”, 2016-2017

Folder 3: Mid-size prints, 2016-2017

Item 1: “BOOK LOVERS NEVER GO TO BED ALONE”, 2016-2017

Item 2: “LIBRARIES are not made; they grow. (AUGUSTINE BIRREL)”, 2016-2017

Item 3: “THE WORLD WAS HERS FOR THE READING (Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)”, 2016-2017

Item 4: “The love of libraries, like all loves, must be learned. (Alberto Manguel)”, 2016-2017

Item 5: “Your LIBRARY IS YOUR PARADISE. (Desiderius Erasmus)”, 2016-2017

Item 6: “Once you learn to READ, you will be forever FREE. (FREDERICK DOUGLASS)”, 2016-2017

Item 7: “A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. (HENRY WARD BECHER)”, 2016-2017

Item 8: “Los LIBROS son mi MUNDO”, 2016-2017

Item 9: “READ in order to LIVE. (Gustave Flaubert)”, 2016-2017

Item 10: “ABRE LIBROS ABRE FRONtEraS”, 2016-2017

Item 11: “My alma mater was books, a GOOD LIBRARY. (Malcolm X)”, 2016-2017

Item 12: “Be a REBEL, READ a BOOK!”, 2016-2017

Item 13: “ONE of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library. (bell hooks, ROCK My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem)”, 2016-2017

Item 14: “BOOKS may well be the only true MAGIC. (Alice Hoffman)”, 2016-2017

Item 15: “PUBLIC LIBRARIES BUILD COMMUNITY”, 2016-2017

Item 16: “When in doubt, GO TO THE LIBRARY. (J.K. Rowling)”, 2016-2017

Item 17: “LIVE AT HOME. (George Washington Carver)”, 2016-2017

Item 18: “If you LOVE it enough, anything will talk with you. (George Washington Carver)”, 2016-2017

Item 19: “IT IS SIMPLY SERVICE that measures SUCCESS. (George Washington Carver)”, 2016-2017

Item 20: “LeaRN to do common things uncommonly well. (George Washington Carver)”, 2016-2017

Item 21: “WHEN you can do the common things of LIFE in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. (George Washington Carver)”, 2016-2017

Item 22: “Take your share of the WORLD and let other people take theirs. (George Washington Carver)”, 2016-2017

Item 23: “WHERE there is no vision, there is no HOPE. (George Washington Carver)”, 2016-2017

Item 24: “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of FREEDOM. (George Washington Carver)”, 2016-2017

Folder 4: Mid-size prints, 2018

Item 1: “DONE is better than PERFECT. (Canvas the Salon)”, 2018

Item 2: “IOU (HAYWOOD’S)”, 2018

Item 3: “I am a BOOK LOVER”, 2018

Item 4: “READ MORE BOOKS”, 2018

Item 5: “A BOOK is the most effective weapon against intolerance and ignorance. (Lyndon Baines Johnson)”, 2018

Item 6: “Start telling men to SMILE”, 2018

Item 7: “A nation may lose its liberties and be a century finding them. (John M. Langston)”, 2018

Item 8: “COME CELEBRATE Tut’s 90”, 2018

Item 9: “It’s not a community of one. You can’t live in this world alone! (TRENT’S Beauty and Barbershop)”, 2018

Item 10: “If I call you a friend, it means we’re family. (TRENT’S Beauty and Barbershop)”, 2018

Folder 5: Mid-size prints, 2018

Item 1: “WORD is BOND and BOND is LIFE. (TRENT’S Beauty and Barbershop)”, 2018

Item 2: “Don’t talk about it. BE about it. (TRENT’S Beauty and Barbershop)”, 2018

Item 3: “I’m just a part of a collective working for the greater whole! (TRENT’S Beauty and Barbershop)”, 2018

Item 4: “I will see you when I see you. (HAYWOOD’s)”, 2018

Item 5: “LEARN FROM YOUR MOTHER (HAYWOOD’S)”, 2018

Item 6: “ACT like you got some sense (HAYWOOD’S)”, 2018

Item 7: “YOU WILL GET IT ONE DAY! (HAYWOOD’S)”, 2018

Item 8: “BE HUMBLE (Canvas the Salon)”, 2018

Item 9: “LOVE CONQUERS ALL (Canvas the Salon)”, 2018

Item 10: “DANCE as if no one is watching. (Canvas the Salon)”, 2018

Folder 6: Mid-size prints, 2018

Item 1: “BE THE EXPERT IN YOUR INDUSTRY. (Canvas the Salon)”, 2018

Item 2: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (Genesis Barbershop)”, 2018

Item 3: “IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU BAD BREAD, YOU GIVEN THEM GOOD BREAD. (Genesis Barbershop)”, 2018

Item 4: “You are old enough for your wants not to hurt you. (Genesis Barbershop)”, 2018

Item 5: “DON’T do everything you are big enough to do. (Genesis Barbershop)”, 2018

Item 6: “You’ve got to crawl before you walk. (Genesis Barbershop)”, 2018

Item 7: “BE THE LIGHT YOU WANT TO SEE. (RONN BARBERSHOP)”, 2018

Item 8: “You have to risk it to get that biscuit. (RONN BARBERSHOP)”, 2018

Item 9: “To thine ownself BE TRUE! (RONN BARBERSHOP)”, 2018

Item 10: “GOD IS LOVE (RONN BARBERSHOP)”, 2018

Folder 7: Mid-size prints, 2018

Item 1: “NO ONE IS BORN HATING ANOTHER PERSON. (RONN BARBERSHOP)”, 2018

Item 2: “ENJOY YOUR SUCCESS! (RAY’S Ultimate Hair Designs)”, 2018

Item 3: “A smile goes a long way. (RAY’S Ultimate Hair Designs)”, 2018

Item 4: “Keep a positive attitude always. (RAY’S Ultimate Hair Designs)”, 2018

Item 5: “TAKE TIME TO REFLECT ON LIFE AND GOALS. (RAY’S Ultimate Hair Designs)”, 2018

Item 6: “Dedicate yourself to your craft and it will pay off. (RAY’S Ultimate Hair Designs)”, 2018

Item 7: “FIFTY CENT PIECE CERTIFICATE OF CERTIFICATION”, 2018

Item 8: “Breathe Free Detroit Pizza Party”, 2018

Item 9: “Let uS ORgANize our VOICE”, 2018

Item 10: “TIME OUT”, 2018

Item 11: “NOthinG I AccePT About MYSELF CaN be USED TO Diminish ME. (Audre Lorde)”, 2018

“E. Oscar Maynard 2018” in bottom right corner.

Folder 8: Mid-size prints, 2019

Item 1: “You cannot unsay BAD words”, 2019

Item 2: “I am sPecial in A SPECiAL WaY”, 2019

Item 3: “Be Nice (Charlottesville City Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 4: “racism is Bad (Charlottesville City Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 5: “DIVERSITY means EVERYBODY. (Charlottesville City Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 6: “STAY OUT of the Drama (Albermarle County Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 7: “People will swallow a lie and spit out the TRUTH”, 2019

Item 8: “To design is to influence people. (Mike Monteiro)”, 2019

Item 9: “TIME IS expensive. (Charlottesville City Schools)”, 2019

Item 10: “Come & Celebrate the birthdays of Tut Riddick and John Roby [Party TIME]”, 2019

Item 11: “TIME IS expensive. (Charlottesville City Schools)”, 2019

Item 12: “EVERYONE’S DiFfERenT (Charlottesville City Schools)”, 2019

Item 13: “aLWaYS TAKE ACTION (Charlottesville City Schools)”, 2019

Item 14: “Live LIFE one day at a TIME (Albemarle County Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 15: “SPEAK it into existence (Charlottesville City Schools)”, 2019

Item 16: “YOU GOT THIS (Albemarle County Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 17: “PEACE IS KEY (Charlottesville City School)”, 2019

Item 18: “You learned to deal with other people in society, so in that respect, I think it was GOOD. (LANCE NEWMAN) APS DESEGREGATION, A 60th Anniversary Tribute”, 2019

“The four students are…” on back.

Item 19: “TYPE, PUNCH, MATRIX”, 2019

Item 20: “NOBODY can live YouR DrEamS”, 2019

Folder 9: Mid-size prints, 2019

Item 1: “ANISHINAABE NDAW (Anishinaabe Circle)”, 2019

Item 2: “Since 1998 empowering our LGBTQ community (Grand Rapids Pride Center)”, 2019

Item 3: “Culture, Community, & Commerce (Grand Rapids Area Black Businesses)”, 2019

Item 4: “TaLeNT Lives HERE. (Urban Core Collective)”, 2019

Item 5: “A strong West Michigan depends on strong kids. (Kid’s Food Basket)”, 2019

Item 6: “Giving a voice to the silenced. (The Diatribe)”, 2019

Item 7: “IMPACT by design. (West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology)”, 2019

Item 8: “GROWING JUSTICE (Our Kitchen Table)”, 2019

Item 9: “One on one reading and writing support. (Creative Youth Center)”, 2019

Item 10: “Heartside Ministry bringing hope and healing to those who have neither. (Heartside Ministry)”, 2019

Item 11: “FiNE ARTS ain’t just for the privileged. (Muse GR)”, 2019

Item 12: “Get more BUTTS on bikes. (The Spoke Folks)”, 2019

Item 13: “NUESTROS VECINOS (Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities)”, 2019

Item 14: “HEALTHY comes in all COLORS (Malamiah Juice Bar)”, 2019

Item 15: “Place making means we belong here, TOO. (Latino Community Coalition)”, 2019

Item 16: “SPREAD welcome (Treetops Collective)”, 2019

Item 17: “Transformation happens at the pace of relationships (Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation)”, 2019

Item 18: “Opportunity of Racial Equity (Grand Rapids Urban League)”, 2019

Item 19: “Healthcare Access Is A Human Right (The Grand Rapids Red Project)”, 2019

Item 20: “Empowerment through education and awareness (Urban Roots)”, 2019

Folder 10: Mid-size prints, 2019

Item 1: “Strong Relationships. Resilient People (Arbor Circle)”, 2019

Item 2: “Preserve our way of life and the welfare of our PEOPLE (Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians)”, 2019

Item 3: “Be kind to everybody, make art, and fight the power. (Colson Whitehead)”, 2019

Item 4: “I AM RESILIENT, LIKE MY ROOTS. (Resilient Roots)”, 2019

Item 5: “El estado opresor es un macho violador!”, 2019

Item 6: “HOUSING, RE-ImagiNED (Dwelling Place)”, 2019

Item 7: “KNOW YOUR HISTORY (Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives)”, 2019

Item 8: “challenge the dominant narrative (uica)”, 2019

Item 9: “Good Food. Transparency. Stewardship. Sense of Place. (Fulton Street Farmers Market)”, 2019

Item 10: “Breaching the Margins (uica)”, 2019

Item 11: “there is HOpE (Albemarle County Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 12: “SCHOOL IS BORING (Albemarle County Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 13: “and THIS TOO ShaLL PASS (Albemarle County Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 14: “You should be YOU (Charlottesville City Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 15: “Be YOU (Albemarle County Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 16: “TRY HARD (Charlottesville City Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 17: “Life is FUN (Charlottesville City Public Schools)”, 2019

Item 18: “You learned to deal with other people in society, so in that respect, I think it was GOOD. (LANCE NEWMAN)”, 2019

Item 19: “Douglass Park, Fairview, Fort Barnard, Nauck, Nauck Heights, West Nauck, The original adjoining subdivisions of Nauck”, 2019

Item 20: “ART is a verb. (uica)”, 2019

Folder 11: Mid-size prints, 2019

Item 1: “A nation may lose its liberties and be a century in finding it out. (John M. Langston)”, 2019

Item 2: “You learned to deal with other people in society, so in that respect, I think it was GOOD. (LANCE NEWMAN) APS DESEGREGATION, A 60th Anniversary Tribute”, 2019

“The four students are…” on back.

Item 3: “The struggle is eternal. The tribe increases. Somebody else carries on. (Ella Baker)”, 2019

Item 4: “CHOOSE COURAGE OVER COMFORT”, 2019

Item 5: “FIRST, we are HUMAN”, 2019

Item 6: “ARISTOLOGY”, 2019

Item 7: “VOTE 2020”, 2019

Item 8: “GOVERNMENT people helping people”, 2019

Item 9: “NOBODY can live your DREAMS”, 2019

Item 10: “WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?”, 2019

Item 11: “I used to be indecisive, Now I am not sure”, 2019

Item 12: “If you are rich, money works for you. If you are poor, you work for money”, 2019

Item 13: “I don’t want a job. I want MONEY”, 2019

Item 14: “I am SPECIAL in a special way”, 2019

Item 15: “The problem isn’t racism. The problem is CAPITALISM”, 2019

Item 16: “People will swallow a lie but spit out the TRUTH”, 2019

Item 17: “For some, artistic expression is the only voice we have. (Sue Dekraker) DisArt”, 2019

Item 18: “EQUALITY LIVES HERE (Grand Rapids Public Library)”, 2019

Item 19: “Big Sexy (Andy Weertz)”, 2019

Item 20: “If you are rich, money works for you. If you are poor, you work for money”, 2019

Item 21: “Just as sewing connects fabric to make clothes, Marilyn connected people to make community (Marilyn Ryburn Gordon, 11 June 1937-13 May 2019)”, 2019

Item 22: “Just as sewing connects fabric to make clothes, Marilyn connected people to make community (Marilyn Ryburn Gordon, 11 June 1937-13 May 2019)”, 2019

Item 23: “I FOLLOW DREAMS, NOT ORDERS”, 2019