Flier for the Madison County Movement
date: label: Date
content: 1966
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: An off white flier with black type and photocopied handwritten text. The flier is a call to the citizens of Madison County. The flier askes, "What can you do about the tear-gas raid?" and "(1) Black Out for Black Power / (2) Work Stop for Black Power / (3) Register to Vote for Black Power." Typed in the bottom half of the flier is “OUR TAX DOLLARS HELPED TO BUY THAT TEAR-GAS. / DON’T BUY ANYTHING DOWNTOWN. / IF YOU WORK FOR THE WHITE MAN, DON’T GO TO WORK FRIDAY. / HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS. / WE’VE GONE TOO FAR TO TURN BACK NOW!!! / MADISON COUNTY MOVEMENT.”
place: label: Place used
content: Madison County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: Madison County Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.109.2
objectType: label: Type
content: fliers (printed matter)
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 paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 7 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (18.1 x 21.6 cm)