Photograph of women activists with signs for voter registration
date: label: Date
content: September 8, 1956
name: label: Photograph by
content: Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Lurline White, American
label: Subject of
content: Sallie Edwards, American
label: Subject of
content: Lulu Carter, American
label: Subject of
content: Illa Buckner, American, 1882 - 1978
label: Subject of
content: Beulah Staton, American
label: Subject of
content: Eddye Keaton Williams, American
label: Subject of
content: Margaret Buford, American
label: Subject of
content: Cathryn Williams, American
label: Subject of
content: Esther Wise, American
label: Subject of
content: Dola Miller II, French
label: Subject of
content: Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
label: Subject of
content: National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
notes: label: Caption
content: This photograph 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.
label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of ten women lined up with signs along the Citizenship Education Project's motorcade route encouraging voting and voter registration. There is a typewritten caption on a white strip of paper below the photograph that reads, "LINING-UP FOR MOTORCADE." The photograph is adhered to page 24 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
place: label: Place captured
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: Women's Club Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.60.1.27
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)