Poster for the Crusade for Justice

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A poster for the Crusade for Justice Movement used in the Poor People’s Campaign. The white poster has a centrally depicted white, brown, and black graphic of the Roman goddess, Libertas, handing a sword, with her proper right hand, to a man kneeling in front of her. She is wearing a white, one shoulder toga and holds a shield in front of the proper left side of her body. The man is kneeling on his proper left knee with his proper right knee raised and slightly extended in front of him. He is wearing a black, collared, long sleeve shirt, black shorts, black shoes, and a white, wide brimmed sombrero. He is looking towards the left edge of the poster. He holds the sword by the blade in in both hands. Text printed in black ink on the blade reads, [CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE].

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