"Spanning nearly three thousand years of history-from the ancient Secession of the Plebs to the 2017 protests of the Confederate Soldiers Monument in Durham; from Sojourner Truth to Naoto Matsumura-the posters in Celebrate People's History pay tribute to the long-standing human legacy of revolution, activism, and grassroots organizing. In this book, contemporary artists imagine often-overlooked events and figures in movements for racial justice, women's rights, queer liberation, labor organizing, and climate justice. The second edition features nearly one hundred new posters, an expanded introduction by Josh MacPhee, and forewords by Rebecca Solnit and Charlene Carruthers"--
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