Somebody Paid the Price for Your Right Register/Vote
date: label: date made
content: circa 1971
label: date made
content: 1971 circa
label: date made
content: 1970 circa
label: Associated Date
content: 1963-08-28
name: label: commissioner
content: A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund
label: referenced
content: Randolph, A. Philip
label: photographer
content: Schulke, Flip
label: maker
content: Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union
notes: label: Description
content: This object is a single-sided printed poster. It depicts a view from the August 28, 1963 March on Washington for Jobs abd Freedom civil rights protest march in a black and white photograph, with African Americans carrying signs demanding an end to segregated schools and racial bias. The title reads "Somebody Paid the Price for Your Right Register/Vote." The photograph was taken by Flip Schulke, who was a noted American photojournalist of the civil rights movement in the 1950s-1960s. The poster was commissioned by the A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund and printed by the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union (LPIU) in Washington, D.C. circa 1971. A. Philip Randolph was a leading activist of both the labor union and the civil rights movements. The A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund and its larger umbrella organization the A. Philip Randolph Institute are affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and serve to support labor issues primarily of African Americans.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: associated place
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: general subject association
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: general subject association
content: African American History
label: general subject association
content: Segregation
label: referenced
content: Voting
label: related event
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Swann Galleries
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0124.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0124
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0124.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster, political
label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black; white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 17 in; 55.88 cm x 43.18 cm