Poster with anti-war message by the Student Mobilization Committee: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A purple poster with white and black lettering announcing a march on Washington and San Francisco. With these phrases above and below: [the fight for freedom / is at home!] a large group of college-age African Americans is pictured confronting a white police officer. The poster created by the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam encourages African Americans and their allies to protest against the Vietnam War in order to focus on the nation's attention on issues of racial equality and justice.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Created by: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1966 - 1973
• Type: political posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Topic: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Object number: 2011.10.5
• 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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