UNITE is a striking example of the work by the artist collaborative AfriCOBRA, in Chicago. Having worked together on the mural The Wall of Respect, Barbara Jones-Hogu and her contemporaries wanted to establish a revolutionary but representational style that could be accessible to a wide urban audience. The Coalition of Black Revolutionary Artists (COBRA) soon became the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists (AfriCOBRA). Between 1968 and 1973, the group organized exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and published large, colorful screenprints such as this. Schmidt Campbell p. 57.
