Poster - Sylvia Ray Rivera Stonewall 1969 (CPH)
Sylvia Ray Rivera by John Gerken, Celebrate People's History poster, June, 2001. This is a 2-color offset printed poster.
Sylvia Ray Rivera, a Puerto Rican and Venezuelan transwoman from New York City, was a civil rights activist involved with the Young Lords and Black Panthers, took part in the Stonewall Riot in 1969, and was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front.
11" x 17" Third printing, printed at the worker-owned and union-run Community Printers, Santa Cruz, CA.
This is #7 in the Celebrate People’s History Poster Series.
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