Now!: Museum Object and Cultural History
Now!: Date: ca. 1965. Created by: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s. Photograph by: Danny Lyon, American, born 1942.
The object in the museum catalogue
A two-tone poster for SNCC using an image by Danny Lyon of men and women at a rally. A young man in the left foregrand is clapping his hands, while the man next to him raises his hand with his fingers in a snapping position. At the top right, the word NOW! appears in large black letters.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1965
- Created by: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Photograph by: Danny Lyon, American, born 1942
- Type: posters
- Medium: lithographic ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 15 3/4 x 10 in. (40 x 25.4 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Gesture
- Object number: 2011.9
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dwandalyn and Roderic Reece in memory of Pauline Watkins Reece.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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