The Right to Vote: "There are counties without a single Negro registered to vote"

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A color screenprint by Faith Ringgold illustrating Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” The print depicts a crowd of Black demonstrators holding signs advocating for voting rights and encouraging people to register to vote. Two white police officers are grabbing a woman in a yellow sweater, while another officer is riding a horse into the crowd. A cityscape is depicted in the background. Handwritten in graphite is the edition [46/75] in the lower left corner with the date and signature [Faith Ringgold 2007] at lower right. The back of the print is blank.

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