Flyer promoting Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC): Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black and white flyer with a large image of two hands clasped. The hand on the left has a jean cuff in the lower left quadrant of the image. The hand on the right has a suit jacket cuff with a white dress shirt cuff underneath seen in the lower right quadrant of the image. At the top, in gray, is text [The Brother needs you]. In the lower right corner is a small gray box bordered in white with black text centered inside [STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE/SNCC/2208 14th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. 387-7445].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1960
• Created by: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
• 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: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2013.201.9.1-2
• 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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