Pamphlet, "Where is Democracy?"

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This 1960s organizing pamphlet from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) asks, “Where is Democracy?” Behind this question was a demand for equal representation for all who have felt excluded or marginalized by the electoral process and political institutions.

Publisher: Congress on Racial Equality

Subject: civil rights, Protest

See more items in: Political and Military History: Political History, Civil Rights Collection, Government, Politics, and Reform, American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith

Exhibition: American Democracy

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: Sheila Machlis Alexander

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0764.47Catalog Number: 1979.0764.47Accession Number: 1979.0764

Object Name: pamphlet

Physical Description: paper (overall material)white, black (overall color)Measurements: overall: 8 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 20.955 cm x 8.89 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-424f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1084622

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