Handbill for an Alabama suffrage campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A handbill urging residents of Alabama to register to vote in the Presidential Pre-Primary to re-elect the present Ward 9 Democratic Committee. The flier is printed in black ink on pink paper. At the top is [DEMAND! / PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ACT / To End / Alabama Injustice / "WRITE IKE TODAY"] followed by a messages to [REGISTER NOW!] and [RE-ELECT YOUR PRESENT WARD 9 DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE] followed by a list of the current committee members. There are no marks or inscriptions on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1956
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, American, 1890 - 1969
• Subject of: Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
• Type: handbills
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 13 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (35.2 x 12.4 cm)
• Place used: Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Suffrage
• Object number: 2012.46.34.19
• 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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