Poster supporting the Poor People's Crusade made by SCLC: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black ink on orange poster board handmade poster. The poster reads: [SCLC's / Poor People's Crusade / Feed The Hungry / Clothe The Naked / Housing For The Homeless / 000 Street / Anywhere, USA].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1987-1988
• Created by: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
• Type: political posters
• Medium: ink on poster board
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Poverty
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2010.41.1
• 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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