Flyer advertising student strike against the Vietnam War: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

White flyer with black text covering the whole of the front and back. Text is a combination of typed text and handwritten text. On the front, in the middle third on the left, are two (2) black and white images. The top image is of wounded and dead soldiers on the ground near buildings. The lower image is of police officers standing over bodies lying on the ground surrounded by smoke. At the top third is handwritten text [ON FRIDAY APRIL 26 THOUSANDS OF BLACK STUDENTS IN/EVERY PART OFHTE U.S. AND THROUGHOUT THE THIRD WORLD/WILL STAY OUT OF CLASSES IN A ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL/STUDENT STRIKE/AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR/AND THE RACIST DRAFT]. On the back in the upper half is large handwritten text [WASHINGTON'S BLACK/STUDENT STRIKE/AGAINST THE WAR/FRIDAY 26TH/THOUSANDS OF D.C. BLACK/STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1968
• Created by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: paper, ink
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/16 × 8 9/16 in. (28.1 × 21.7 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Education
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Resistance
• Topic: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Object number: 2013.201.11.1-.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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