Feed the Starving Now
notes: label: Description
content: The Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970, occured between the Nigerian Federal Government and the Igbo people in the Biafra region of Nigeria. The Government imposed a blockade which resulted in mass starvation. Images of the chaos and destruction flooded western media. Gulf Oil Nigeria continued to pay royalities to the government and operations were able to continue uninterrupted. Although the United States officially remained neutral, interests alligned with the Nigerian Federal Government.
place: label: referenced
content: Nigeria
label: referenced
content: Nigeria: Biafra
label: referenced
content: Portugal
label: Associated Place
content: Viet Nam
topic: label: Subject
content: Vietnam War
label: related event
content: Vietnam War
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bradford Lyttle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0116.122
label: accession number
content: 1986.0116
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0116.122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 22 in; 71.12 cm x 55.88 cm