Poster for SCLC reading "Injustice Anywhere...a threat to Justice Everywhere"

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Object Details

Created by

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957

Subject of

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, American, 1921 - 2020

Description

A black ink on a red-orange poster board with a small picture of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the top left and Joseph Lowery at the top right. The poster reads: [SCLC / INJUSTICE / Anywhere... / a threat to / JUSTICE / EVERYWHERE / M. L. KING].

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1977-1997

Object number

2010.41.4

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Type

political posters

Medium

ink on poster board

Dimensions

H x W: 24 x 19 7/8 in. (61 x 50.5 cm)

Place used

United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Justice

Political organizations

Politics

U.S. History, 1969-2001

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f73a6241-860c-4d2c-8324-341ab45fac27

Record ID

nmaahc_2010.41.4