Poster advocating opposition to the Supreme Court's Bakke Decision: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A poster, dark ink on tan paper, advocating opposition to the Supreme Court's decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978). A figure in a coat holds right fist aloft, surrounded by text. Text reads [10 YEARS OF STRUGGLE / IS UN-DER ATTACK. WHAT WAS / WON BY JAMES MEREDITH AT THE U. OF MISS.; ARMED BLACK STUDENTS AT / THE COR-NELL ADMINISTRATION / BUILDING; 3RD WORLD STUDENTS AT / SAN FRAN-CISCO STATE; STUDENTS / FIGHTING FOR OPEN ADMISSIONS AT CCNY; / THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY & S.D.S.~ / IS BEING / THREATENED! / WE MUST DEFEND OPEN ADMISSIONS, / BI-LINGUAL / PROGRAMS / AFFIRMA- / TIVE ACTION! / WE MUST ORGANIZE TO / OPPOSE THE / BAKKE DECISION.] Small print at the bottom of the poster reads [This poster was designed & distributed by Lawyers for the People, Medical Committee for Human Rights, & others to help organize the movement against the Bakke Decision. More material, write: Drawer L, Inwood Station, N.Y.C., N.Y. 10034]. A small mark on the poster subject's left shoulder reads [FLD79]. On back at top left is [M24721-6].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1978
• Distributed by: Medical Committee for Human Rights, American, founded 1964
• Subject of: James Meredith, American, born 1933
• Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
• Subject of: Students for a Democratic Society, American, 1960 - 1969
• Type: political posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 × 14 in. (55.9 × 35.6 cm)
• Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Law
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2013.46.12
• 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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