Right On! A Documentary on Student Protest, 1976 [David L. Burke]

Right On! A Documentary on Student Protest by Maryl Levine and John Naisbitt, Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1970. 4.125 x 7, pp. 256 plus illustrated covers. Printed in USA. Graphic Design by David L. Burke.

“Student power is not so much something we are fighting for, as it is something we must have in order to gain specific objectives. However the specific forms of our immediate demands and programs may vary, the long-range goal and the daily drive that motivates and directs us is our intense longing for our liberation. In short, what the student power movement is about is freedom.” — Carl Davidson, Students for a Democratic Society

Right On! was based on the Urban Research Corporation study of 292 campus protests mostly occurring from January to June of 1969. This powerful, little book visualizes and amplifies the URC’s findings with: research tables, declarations and manifesto-like language, quotes from university students and faculty, graphic imagery and revolutionary illustrations (one by Emory Douglas, Black Panther Party), Helvetica and hand-lettering and intensified in situ black and white photography; an auditory experience. Acknowledgments and Credits towards the back.  

Before you consider buying this book; take the time to read the Letterform Loupe at AIGA Eye on Design, where Stephen Coles, the Associate Curator at Letterform Archive thoughtfully examines, with great detail the grassroots spirit of this compact yet powerful book!

A very good illustrated softcover with light wear to the glossy covers, spine and corners. The interior pages are clean and appear to be unread.