Poster for voting rights featuring Muhammad Ali: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This poster features a prominent photograph of Muhammad Ali at its center. Above and below the portrait are three lines of very large lettering which read: [IT'S YOUR FIGHT / VOTE / IT'S THE GREATEST EQUALIZER]. Beneath the third line of text are two lines of handwritten lettering in capitalized green letters which read: [Hampton Voter Registration / Place: Mercury Mall Date: Sept. 25 12:00-5:00 pm]. Beneath the handwritten text is a smaller line of printed black text which reads: [The Voter Education Project, 52 Fairlie St. N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 522-7495]. The poster is creased in a regular pattern that suggests it was once stored in a rolled position; the top third section of the poster's verso is browned darker than the bottom two-thirds.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960s
• Created by: Voter Education Project, American, 1962 - 1968
• Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
• Type: political posters
• Medium: printing ink and ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (57.8 × 39.4 cm)
• Place used: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Boxing
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Suffrage
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2014.63.42
• 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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