Object Details
Created by
Julius Lester, American, born 1939
Subject of
Fannie Lou Hamer, American, 1917 - 1977
President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., American, 1911 - 1978
Description
A black-and-white photograph of three election posters on a wall promoting Fannie Lou Hamer, Lyndon Johnson, and Hubert Humphrey, each of which begins "FREEDOM MEANS." Below there is a SCLC FREEDOM NOW pennant.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg Gallery
Date
1966
Object number
2012.169.1
Restrictions & Rights
©Julius Lester
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Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 9 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (23.8 x 16 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
H x W (Mat): 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Place depicted
Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Civil Rights
Photography
Politics
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2012.169.1