Mary Ann Pollar is seen here shaking hands with artist Herman Kofi Bailey in front of a portrait he created of the activist George Jackson. Coincidentally, Jackson was killed in San Quentin the very same day that Rainbow Sign opened, August 21 1971. This photo was taken at the first anniversary celebration of Rainbow Sign.
Photo credit Cleveland Glover and Earl Harris. Oakland Post. September 1972.
Young, gifted and black
Ever stylish
Kinship and camaraderie
Mary Ann Pollar made an Oakland Post columnist want to "run up a flag signifying, Right On!"
Rainbow empress-ario
Black art for all
Pollar posed the question: "If Black people got together, what songs would they sing?"
Radical joy
With Nina Simone's help, Mary Ann Pollar clarified the Rainbow Sign's educational mission
Still smiling in color