Poster for Southern Christian Leadership Conference: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Poster with white background and black text that reads [SCLC] at the top followed by a photographic portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. within a circle reading [SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE] around the outside and a round photographic portrait of Joseph F. Lowery. Beneath the portraits is black text reading [Jobs! / Justice! / Peace! / SCLC / Joseph F. Lowery, President]. There are two small holes punched at the top of the poster for hanging.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1988
• Created by: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
• Subject of: Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, American, 1921 - 2020
• Type: posters
• Medium: paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: L x W: 21 7/8 x 14 in. (55.6 x 35.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2011.109.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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