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Alice Paul with Suffrage Banner, 1920
National Woman's Party, Republican Party, Associated PressView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryAlice Paul picketing during the Republican National Convention in Chicago. The presidential nominating convention was held in June 1920. Currently not on view
Two children playing in dirt yard
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One Man One Vote
Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryCurrently not on view
Woman Suffrage Answer Banner
National Woman's Party, Paul, AliceView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryOne half of a set of Woman Suffrage Objection and Answer Banners. This banner was used in White House pickets supporting woman’s suffrage. These banners took some of what suffragists considered the mo…
photograph
Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryA photograph of of Resurrection City, a shanty town build on the National Mall in 1968 as part of the Poor People's Campaign. Currently not on view
Only on the bones of the oppressors...
Black Panther PartyView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryA poster suporting the Black Panther Party. The Black Panthers are a revolutionary socialist political organization founded in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. Currently not on view
poster
Congress of Racial EqualityView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryCurrently not on view
Bumper Sticker, D.C. Voting Rights
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Black Americans; Black Americans To Remember
Douglass, Frederick, Washington, Booker TView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryCurrently not on view
Three Good Reasons Why You Should Register & Vote
View Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryTheCongress of National Black Churches, founded in 1978, is an interdemoninational religious organization. The Congress of National Black Churches provides moral leadership for African Americans and a…
Students sitting at desks in an integrated classroom
Zalesky, Roy JosephView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryCurrently not on view
Don't Turn Back the Clock - Save Affirmative Action Now
View Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryIn the early 2000s, the University of Michigan was sued by several students over admission policies involving affirmative action. Affirmative action is the "activity and/or policy that helps groups af…
Bust of Lucretia Mott by Adelaide Johnson, 1890s
Johnson, Adelaide, Mott, Lucretia CoffinView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryThis marble bust of abolitionist and woman’s rights activist Lucretia Mott was sculpted by Adelaide Johnson, a feminist and artist known as the “sculptress of the Woman’s Rights Movement.” Johnson’s m…
placard
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American Federation of TeachersView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryA poster used at Resurrection City, sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers, AFT. Resurrection City was a shanty town built on the National Mall in Washington, DC as part of the Poor People's…
When Women Vote, Women WIn.
Allied Printing Trades CouncilView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryEmily's List is an organization that works to get pro-choice Democratic women elected to office. Currently not on view
Stop Hunger
Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceView Full Item in National Museum of American Historyposter
King, Jr., Martin LutherView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryCurrently not on view
How to be seen and not heard
Youth Citizenship Fund, IncView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryA poster sponsored by the Youth Citizenship Fund encouraging those between 18 and 21 to register and vote. Currently not on view
In Resurrection City
Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryCurrently not on view