Sign from the 1977 Farm Strike demonstration in Washington, DC
date: label: date made
content: 1977
notes: label: Description
content: In mid-January 1978 over 2,000 farmers, bringing about 30 tractors, began a prolonged demonstration in the capital. For roughly six weeks activists held rallies at the White House and Capitol and, as a form of civil disobedience, clogged up the city’s streets with their large tractors. The group called for 100% parity, a proposed federal program that would guarantee farmers a full return on their investments. The American Agriculture Movement did not see its demands met but continued to lobby for its goals.
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content: The following year, several thousand farmers and tractors returned to Washington, D.C., and paraded in front of the U.S. Capitol as part of the American Agriculture Movement demonstration to demand government support for prices of major farm commodities, winter 1979
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content: The American Agricultural Movement in the late 1970s consisted of a group of farmers that demanded "parity" from the government. They wanted to be paid equitably for the cost to grow crops.
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: used
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: general subject association
content: Farmers and Ranchers
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Agriculture
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Barbara Overman and Sherril Rister
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0584.06
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content: 1978.0584.06
label: accession number
content: 1978.0584
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 28 in; 55.88 cm x 71.12 cm