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People's New Year's Party

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Description: Poster advertising the Peoples' New Year's Party at the Langston Huges [sic] Center. Includes the motto "Same struggle — same fight."
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Vietnamesiche Filmtage

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Description: Color poster promoting Vietnamesische Filmtage.
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Walking is a Crime in Alabama

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Description: Poster showing a priest behind bars above the text: "Walking Is A Crime In Alabama!" Other text reads: "Demand Federal Protection of Civil Rights." The pos...
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Karl Armstrong Freedom Party Poster

Date: 09 23 1973
Description: Poster for Karl Armstrong freedom party.
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One Man, One Vote

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster of an African American man in a straw hat and overalls seated in front of a weathered building. Text in th...
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For Food... For Freedom

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster showing a close-up of a child with a dirty face.
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Is He Protecting You?

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster showing a Mississippi highway patrolman in a helmet stands with his arms crossed. Other people are visible...
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CIO Poster

Date: 1941
Description: Poster promoting fair hiring practices. Produced by the National CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, 718 Jackson Place, Washington 6, D.C. Prepared by...
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"Remember Wounded Knee" Poster

Date: 1973
Description: Social action poster advertising Native American Week, January 26-Feburuary 3, 1973. In the center is a photograph of two Native Americans, an adult and a ...
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"2, 3, Many Boston Tea Parties" Poster

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Description: Social action poster depicting the Boston Tea Party. The Caption reads, "Sam Adams never actually said this, but he and his Sons of Liberty (those early Yi...
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"Fall Pow Wow" Poster

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Description: Poster promoting the Fall Pow Wow on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Includes a photograph of a group of people in the center. Produced by the ...
Poster

"America's Desperate Journey with Ronald Reagan" Poster

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Description: Poster in the form of a movie posters, which reads: "G.O.P. Presents: America's Desperate Journey with Ronald Reagan." Features two photographs of Reagan w...
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'Alaska Eskimo Land Rights" Poster

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Description: Poster promoting land rights for Native Americans. Produced by the Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc., 432 Park Avenue South, New York. Poster te...
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"Stop the Mad Bomber" Poster

Date: 1972
Description: Poster promoting a rally against Richard Nixon. The header reads, "Stop the Mad Bomber: Confront Nixon at Miami Beach. August 20th-23rd,1972. The Miami Con...
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"We interrupt this President to bring you some facts on Central America" Poster

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Description: Social action poster opposing a speech by Ronald Reagan. Caption at top left above the article reads: "On May 9, 1984, Ronald Regan delivered a television ...
Poster

"Dec. 8th Fast to Save a People" Poster

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Description: Social action poster advertising a fast. The caption reads: "Dec. 8th Fast to save a people." Below is a photograph of a Pakistani family. Text continues: ...
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We Vote

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Description: Political Action Committee poster that reads: "We Vote."The "V" is illustrated as a hand wearing a glove with the fingers in a V-shape. The blue background...
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We Are Americans

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Description: Poster title at top reads: "We are Americans" and text below reads: "We Vote." Text at bottom reads: "CIO National Political Action Committee." The blue ba...
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We Share the Dream

Date: 1983
Description: Poster with an illustration of Martin Luther King Jr. against a red background. Text at top reads: "20th Anniversary Mobilation for Jobs, Peace and Freed...
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Newspaper Strike Support Rally and Community Picket

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Description: Poster with an image of people striking in front of The Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal building. Text reads: Sunday, November 6 — 3 P.M. In the ...

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