Protest poster, "America Why Not Now?"
Protest poster, "America Why Not Now?"
- Description
- A poster used at Resurrection City. Resurrection City was a shanty town built on the National Mall in Washington, DC as part of the Poor People's Campaign in 1968.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Placard
- Physical Description
- cardboard (overall material)
- orange (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 1/2 in x 14 in; 54.61 cm x 35.56 cm
- ID Number
- PL.279881.02.j
- accession number
- 279881
- catalog number
- 279881.02.j
- Credit Line
- Clara Watkins
- subject
- Human Rights
- Protest
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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