As students demonstrate in support of Palestine and a ceasefire in Gaza on university campuses across the U.S. and beyond, this week's WRL 100th History blog looks back at the student actions of May 1970.
Vera Baker Williams was a longtime War Resisters League activist and designed the covers for seventy-six issues of Liberation – a publication intimately tied with the War Resisters League. Her covers for Liberation varied from direct social commentary and satire to more formal experimentations with color, pattern, and design. The editors’ commitment to Vera B. Williams' visionary cover art posited that creativity, play, and curiosity were essential elements in healthy and liberatory social movements.
