No Human Being is Illegal: Posters on the Myths & Realities of the Immigrant Experience

From the collection of The Center for the Study of Political Graphics

September 6 – November 19, 2016

Reception on September 14 from 12:30-2pm

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College 5885 Haven Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737

Chaffey College and the Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art are pleased to present No Human Being is Illegal: Posters on the Myths & Realities of the Immigrant Experience from September 6 – November 19, 2016. There will be a reception on September 14, from 1230-2pm, with light refreshments and music from DJ Patrick Miller on the museum patio.

Give me your tired, your poor; Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free … There is an enormous disparity between Emma Lazarus' eloquent promise on the Statue of Liberty and ongoing attacks against immigrants. From the Irish and Chinese who came in the nineteenth century to the Mexicans and Middle Easterners arriving now, discrimination based on race, class, language, and culture has unfortunately been consistent. Whether the reason for migration is