Poster for the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign

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A poster printed by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and used in the Poor People’s Campaign. The top half of the poster is white and the bottom half is black. Centered black and white cursive text and white, stylized, cursive text that reads [... with the black man it's welfare / with the whites, subsidies.” / MARTIN LUTHER KING JR]. In the bottom left corner is white, stylized, block text that reads, [S.C.L.C. POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN]. In the bottom right corner is the name of the graphic designer, [OSTROW] printed in white, stylized, block text. There is an inscription written in black ink on the back of the poster that reads, [GIFT OF FAYE PORCHE].

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