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Poster for the Young Lords Breakfast Program

1969-1970

Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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

A white poster with large, black and white photograph in the upper half. The photograph shows children sitting at tables with food and drinks. Adults wearing hats and black berets stand near and behind the tables. Below the photograph, in the lower half of the poster is black text that reads: [SUPPORT FREE BREAKFAST FOR OUR CHILDREN / YOUNG LORDS FEED HOT MEALS/ TO NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN EVERY DAY / we would like to feed more children / DONATIONS OF FOOD & MONEY ARE NEEDED/Young Lords Organization / 75 Park Ave., Newark 482-8313]. The back of the poster is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2014.109.7.1

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