Somebody Paid the Price for Your Right Register/Vote

Object Details

Description: This object is a single-sided printed poster. It depicts a view from the August 28, 1963 March on Washington for Jobs abd Freedom civil rights protest march in a black and white photograph, with African Americans carrying signs demanding an end to segregated schools and racial bias. The title reads "Somebody Paid the Price for Your Right Register/Vote." The photograph was taken by Flip Schulke, who was a noted American photojournalist of the civil rights movement in the 1950s-1960s. The poster was commissioned by the A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund and printed by the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union (LPIU) in Washington, D.C. circa 1971. A. Philip Randolph was a leading activist of both the labor union and the civil rights movements. The A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund and its larger umbrella organization the A. Philip Randolph Institute are affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and serve to support labor issues primarily of African Americans.
Location: Currently not on view

Physical Description: paper (overall material); black; white (overall color); printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 22 in x 17 in; 55.88 cm x 43.18 cm

See more items in: Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection; Government, Politics, and Reform; Princeton Posters

National Museum of American History

general subject association: Civil Rights Movement; African American History; Segregation
referenced: Voting
related event: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

GUID (Link to Original Record): https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-4a20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa