Press Strike

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Object Details

artist

Beach, Sara Berman

maker

Beach, Sara Berman

Description

A charcoal drawing by Sara Beach, "The ACA on Strike." The Fair Employment Practices Committee, (FEPC) was established in 1941 to help prevent discriminatory employment pratices against African- Americans by companies engaged in war related work.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Rose Shain

Date made

1930's

ID Number

1987.0132.0021

accession number

1987.0132

catalog number

1987.0132.21

Object Name

Drawing

Physical Description

paper; charcoal (overall material)

black; white (overall color)

Measurements

overall: 23 1/2 in x 26 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 67.31 cm

See more items in

Political History: Political History, Labor History Collection

Princeton Posters

Data Source

National Museum of American History

general subject association

Strikes and Boycotts

Labor Unions

labor issues

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-995d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_539276