<I>Soul Force: Official Journal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference vol. 4 no. 6</I>
date: label: Date
content: June 1971
name: label: Published by
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
label: Edited by
content: Ernest Green
label: Edited by
content: Janet Bunje
label: Photograph by
content: Elaine Tomlin, American, died 1995
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: President Richard M. Nixon, American, 1913 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Fannie Lou Hamer, American, 1917 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, American, 1929 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: Fannie Lou Hamer, American, 1917 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Jo Etha Collier, American, died 1971
notes: label: Description
content: Soul Force newsletter, volume 4, number 6. The newsletter is printed on newsprint paper with black type. The newsletter is folded together but not stapled. The front cover features an image of a graduation procession with the male participants lined up, side-by-side, in pairs. One man at the front of the procession wears a doctoral gown with three bars on the sleeves, a tam with tassel, and a medallion pendant. The rest of men are depicted wearing graduate gowns and mortarboard caps. A few are also wearing hoods and other types of academic regalia. Printed in the top third of the front cover is the masthead on the left that reads, [SOUL / force], and the date on the right that reads, [JUNE / 1971]. The back cover is formatted like a post card, with a a pre-registration form for the 14th Annual Southeastern Christian Leadership (SCLC) event. The newsletter is fifteen (15) pages and includes articles and black-and-white images throughout. Articles include: [Did You / Know?], [Politics ‘72], [Let Them Eat Lead], [The Nixon Court], [BUDAPEST], [Angela Davis], [1972: Power to the Young People], [South Africa], [Drew, / Mississippi], [South, / Summer ‘71], [Plenty Left of SCLC], and [The Government / vs. / The New York Time / (and freedom)]. The article titled "Drew, Mississippi," recounts the murder of Jo Etha Collier, a high school student and track and field athlete, by three white men. Printed on page fifteen is a tentative agenda for the SCLC’s 14th Annual Convention. The first page, located on the interior of front cover, lists the Editorial Board members, editorial staff names, and press names, along with the volume and issue number.
place: label: Place printed
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Drew, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
label: Topic
content: Violence
label: Topic
content: Youth
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Anti-apartheid movements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.130.5
objectType: label: Type
content: newsletters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on newsprint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Closed): 10 13/16 × 8 3/16 in. (27.5 × 20.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 10 13/16 × 16 1/4 in. (27.5 × 41.3 cm)