I Am a Man, poster from Memphis sanitation workers strike, 1968
This and many other civil rights-era graphic items are on display at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County as part of the For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights show.
For the month of October, we’ll be doing a daily series of posts featuring some of the most memorable politicians from the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s. You can see many cool additional images at Boom Underground.
Martin Luther King/Benjamin Spock button, 1968
Baby book author and peace and justice activist Dr. Benjamin Spock was encouraged during the 1968 Presidential campaign to run on a ticket with Dr. Martin Luther King. That progressive fantasy ticket never materialized, but Spock finally ran for President in 1972 as the People’s Party candidate.
Martin Luther King button
“If Democracy Is to Live, Segregation Must Die”
An Address Delivered by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King to the 11th Constitutional Convention, Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, October 5, 1961
Source: Cowan’s Auctions
I Am a Man poster, Memphis, 1968
March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom button
August 28, 1963
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Newmanology is a collection of magazine, newspaper, book, and LP covers, posters, illustration, and other graphic visual joy. Robert Newman is the former creative director of Reader's Digest and Real Simple.
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Man on a Bench - Horace Pippin, 1946
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Stokely Carmichael - Free Huey! Vinyl LP ‘70
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