News clipping of a photo of women and children with voter registration signs
- Caption
- This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
- Description
- This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Independent of a photograph and accompanying caption depicts young children and members of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women holding placards and standing next to a car that took part in the Citizenship Education Project motorcade on September 8, 1956. The clipping is adhered to the bottom half of page twelve (12) in Frances Albriers scrapbook (2010.60.1).
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- September 13, 1956
- Object number
- 2010.60.1.14.2
- Created by
- San Francisco Independent, founded 1955
- Photograph by
- Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
- Subject of
- Ida Mae Hughes, American
- Gertrude B. Gumbs, American, 1912 - 2004
- Joan Blalock, American
- Gloria Mitchell, American
- Yvette Hammond, American, born 1941
- Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Topic
- African American
- Education
- Politics (Practical)
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Women
- Place depicted
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Medium
- ink on newsprint
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 × 6 in. (12.7 × 15.2 cm)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Type
- clippings