Poster protesting the Vietnam War made by the SMC: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A green poster with white and blue text created by the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War is S.E. Asia. At center, a political cartoon depicting Richard Nixon as Lemuel Gulliver and members of the Student Mobilization Committee as Lilliputians tying Nixon down with ropes. The poster's text provides information about an anti-war march and a day of commemoration for the victims of official violence at Kent State and Jackson State.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1971
• Created by: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1966 - 1973
• Type: political posters
• Medium: colored ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 17 x 11 in. (43.2 x 27.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Southeast Asia, Asia
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Topic: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Object number: 2011.10.2
• 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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