Poster for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE): Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A red, black and white poster with a black and white photograph of a young white woman, older Black man and older Black woman with arms crossed in front of them joining hands. Below the image, against a red background, text in white and black reads: "Join hands for equality NOW: in employement, in housing, in schools, in community. JOIN CORE."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1965
• Created by: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
• Type: posters
• Medium: lithographic ink on poster board
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 x 13 7/8 in. (55.9 x 35.2 cm)
• Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2012.46.29
• 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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