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"The FBI Wants Information About Three Missing Civil Rights Workers"
The three murdered civil rights workers from the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project are pictured on this FBI "missing" poster. On June 21st, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner were abducted and killed by Klansmen in an effort [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Postwar America (1946-1975)
"Straighten Up - And Come Right Down to the March on Washington Movement"
This poster, from A. Philip Randolph's planned March on Washington in 1941, illustrates several issues central to the march. The threat of a large-scale public protest persuaded President Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802, which banned [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)