Sujet

Flier with segregationist voting guide, 1959. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

When nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in 1957, the event became known as the 'Little Rock Crisis'. The students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the state governor. Small printed flyer. Black text on white paper. It reads [IF YOU WANT TO KEEP / OUR SCHOOLS SEGREGATED / VOTE / FOR REMOVAL / OF LAMB / MATSON / TUCKER / AGAINST REMOVAL / OF LASTER / McKINLEY / ROWLAND / THE MOTHER' LEAGUE / P.O. Box 3321 / Little Rock, Arkansas].

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_178

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

94,9Mo (2,8Mo) / 43,0cm x 55,3cm / 5076 x 6533 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black family education politics country museum school schools mother political advertisement advertising motherhood mothers location century organisation advert parenting concept African American African-American B&W afro-american lettering ad fifties mum election 1950s flyer racism elections United States of America black & white black and white B W activism 20th century racist heritage American America USA decade segregation united states Unknown Russell Lamb Tucker cultural heritage Black History Ted Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art flier fliers (printed matter) Mothers' League of Central High School Ted Lamb Russell Matson Matson Everett Tucker Everett