Object Details
- Created by
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Description
- An anti-lynching poster distributed by the NAACP. The poster consists of black text on brown paper. The title at the top reads [FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA" and the text continues with headings in large text including [3436 People Lynched, 1889 to 1922] and [Is Rape the "Cause" of Lynching?]. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1922
- Object number
- 2011.57.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- posters
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (unframed): 15 1/4 × 10 7/8 in. (38.7 × 27.6 cm)
- H x W x D (framed): 20 3/4 × 16 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (52.7 × 42.2 × 4.4 cm)
- Place depicted
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Anti-Lynching Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Civil Rights
- Lynching
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.57.9
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57a55f85b-07e9-45df-8b66-6267c9747f91
