Freedom Now
Freedom Now
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- Description
- A "Freedom Now" poster used in the March on Washington in 1963 and in the Meredith March Against Fear in Mississippi in June 1966. James Meredith, a student at the University of Mississippi, was shot by an unknown gunman while marching from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi to promote black voter registration.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Sign
- date made
- 1963
- Measurements
- overall: 28 1/8 in x 22 in; 71.4375 cm x 55.88 cm
- ID Number
- PL.270870.21
- accession number
- 270870
- catalog number
- 270870.21
- Credit Line
- Paul A. Thibodeaux
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Princeton Posters
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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