Flyer promoting the Citizenship Education Project
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Object Details
- Date
- 1956
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Urban League, American, founded 1910
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Caption
- This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
- Description
- This flyer promotes the voter registration goals of the NCNW's Citizenship Education Project. The slogan at the top of the flier reads, "A Voteless People Is a Hopeless People." The flier is adhered to the top half of page 47 in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
- Place depicted
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Associations and institutions
- Education
- Politics
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Women
- Women's organizations
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Women's Club Movement
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.60.1.56.1
- Type
- fliers (printed matter)
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (15.9 × 12.1 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2010.60.1.56.1