Poster for The Longest Walk: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A poster advertising the entry of The Longest Walk into Washington, DC, where the walk ended. The poster has red and black text with slogans, a calendar of events from July 15th through the 19th, and contact information. The poster is dominated by the image of three men standing behind an American bison skull. The back of the poster is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1978
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: American Indian Movement, American, founded 1968
• Type: political posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 21 7/8 × 16 15/16 in. (55.5 × 43 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2014.183.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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