Pamphlet for Dick Gregory's 1968 write-in presidential campaign

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A political brochure from the 1968 Presidential elections supporting Dick Gregory and Mark Lane as write-in candidates for President and Vice President of the United States of America. The trifold brochure is white with black-and-white images and black graphics and text. The front cover features an image of Gregory standing behind a set of microphones. He is shown from the shoulders up, facing the viewer, and looking up into the distance. Large right justified text above the photograph reads [VOTE / FOR / REAL!] with the exclamation point angled slightly to the right. Printed below the photograph is text of varying sizes that reads [Dick GREGORY / FOR PRESIDENT / Mark LANE / FOR VICE-PRES.]. At the bottom is small text centered between two graphics of hourglasses that reads [VOTE COLUMN “H” / Last Column on Voting Machine / FREEDOM & PEACE PARTY].

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