Poster of the Statement and Purpose of the Olympic Project for Human Rights
date: label: Date
content: January 19, 1968; printed later
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Written by
content: Olympic Project for Human Rights, American, 1967 - 1968
label: Signed by
content: Harry Edwards, American, born 1942
label: Subject of
content: Harry Edwards, American, born 1942
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Louis E. Lomax, American, 1922 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: Floyd McKissick, American, 1922 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Kenneth Noel
notes: label: Description
content: Poster of the Statement of Purposes and Goals of the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR). The poster is white paper with black ink. The top of the poster has the title: [Olympic Project For Human Rights / Statement of Purposes and Goals*]. Under the title, the poster lists the OPHR committee. The committee list is followed by the purpose statement and a list of the goals ranging from one to four. The aims to explain why the OPHR is proposing a boycott of the 1968 Olympics by African American athletes. The bottom right hand corner contains the signature of Harry Edwards, the Chairman of the OPHR committee and author of the document. The back of the poster is blank.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Sports
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Dr. Harry Edwards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.66.11
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
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: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 36 1/16 × 23 15/16 in. (91.6 × 60.8 cm)