We Share the Dream
date: label: date made
content: 1979
label: copyright date
content: 1979
name: label: affiliated union
content: Service Employees International Union
label: printer
content: Allied Printing Trades Council
label: depicted (sitter)
content: King, Jr., Martin Luther
label: maker
content: Service Employees International Union
notes: label: Description
content: A poster advertising the Service Employees International Union.
label: Description
content: This 1979 poster has a green background with white sans-serif lettering on the left side. At the top of the poster are the words “Service Employees International Union.” Below, in larger text, reads, “We Share The Dream,” in the same bold and compact font as above. Martin Luther King Jr. is depicted on the right of the poster in pen and ink using a dithering effect. He is portrayed facing leftward with his arms crossed. On the bottom right corner, the artist’s name and the month and year the design was made are signed in black cursive: “Avery Clayton 1-79.” Below, in smaller, serif font, reads “©AVERY CLAYTON, 1979,” in all caps. There is a small white union logo located at the bottom of the poster.
label: Description
content: The Service Employees International Union was formed in 1921 as the Building Service Employees International Union. Its members worked in and around buildings, and included window washers, janitors, and elevator operators. In 1981, the union renamed itself and began to notably grow in size through mergers.
label: Description
content: The poster references Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Avery Clayton (1947-2009) was a historian and educator, as well as an artist. He created a museum to house his mother’s collection of over 20,000 objects, books, and manuscripts related to African American history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: made at
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: general subject association
content: Labor Unions
label: general subject association
content: labor issues
label: related event
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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content: Political History: Political History
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Service Employees International Union
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0522.04
label: accession number
content: 1987.0522
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 19 in; 60.96 cm x 48.26 cm