Bumper sticker for Dick Gregory's 1968 write-in presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History
Bumper sticker for Dick Gregory's 1968 write-in presidential campaign: Date: 1968. Printed by: Unidentified. Subject of: Dick Gregory, American, 1932 - 2017.
The object in the museum catalogue
A bumper sticker supporting Dick Gregory for President of the United States of America from the 1968 Presidential elections. The Day-Glo orange bumper sticker is printed with centered, bold, black text that reads [DICK GREGORY / FOR PRESIDENT]. The back of the sticker is covered in a brown waxy paper over the adhesive.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1968
- Printed by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Dick Gregory, American, 1932 - 2017
- Type: bumper stickers
- Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with adhesive
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 5/8 × 13 3/4 × 1/16 in. (9.2 × 35 × 0.1 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Comedy
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Social reform
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2022.63.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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