Poster supporting the Poor People's Crusade made by the SCLC: Museum Object and Cultural History
Poster supporting the Poor People's Crusade made by the SCLC: Date: 1987-1988. Created by: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957. Subject of: Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, American, 1921 - 2020.
The object in the museum catalogue
A Southern Christian Leadership Council handmade poster. The front has orange ink on white poster board that reads: [SCLC's / Poor People's Crusade / "Feed The Hungry / Clothe The Naked" / Housing For The / Homeless / Joseph / Lowery / SCLC-President]. The back of the poster has a blue writing that reads: [SCLC's / Poor People's Crusade / The Streets Are / Not [underlined] / A Good].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1987-1988
- Created by: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
- Subject of: Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, American, 1921 - 2020
- 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: 2010.41.2
- 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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