Sign for the Poor People’s Campaign Headquarters
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
notes: label: Caption
content: This sign was used at the Poor People’s Campaign Headquarters building at 14th and U Streets NW, Washington, D.C. in 1968.
label: Description
content: A white, plastic sign with black lettering that reads [Poor Peoples Campaign / Headquarters / S.C.L.C.].
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
label: Movement
content: Poor People's Campaign
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Walter C. Thaxton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.208.1
objectType: label: Type
content: signs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 29 3/4 × 95 3/4 × 3/16 in. (75.6 × 243.2 × 0.5 cm)