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Poster with anti-war message by the Student Mobilization Committee

1970

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A purple poster with white and black lettering announcing a march on Washington and San Francisco. With these phrases above and below: [the fight for freedom / is at home!] a large group of college-age African Americans is pictured confronting a white police officer. The poster created by the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam encourages African Americans and their allies to protest against the Vietnam War in order to focus on the nation's attention on issues of racial equality and justice.

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Catalog reference: 2011.10.5

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