Name/Title
Beshears: PamphletEntry/Object ID
2022.40.43Scope and Content
A double page, tri-folded pamphlet of the NAACP Fight For Freedom campaign. It is dated Feb., 1954 and is a call to support the 'Fight For Freedom Fund', the 44th Annual NAACP Convention and to renew the Annual Membership.Context
The first page has a picture of three African American children standing in a back alley with the dome of the U. S. Capital in the background. Channing H. Tobias, Chairman, NAACP Board of Directors shares a message: "As a nation we have come a long way since January 1, 1863. when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. the list . . . . . .
Because we have not yet attained that goal, I propose that this 44th Annual NAACP Convention formulate a program of intensified effort . . . . the job is done.
We have been amazed and delighted by the prompt and favorable response to the creation of the Fight For Freedom Fund. . . . .
We need and ask every loyal American to give our crusade and the Fight For Freedom his enthusiastic support. . . . . .
Opening up the pamphlet is a two-page spread "We're in the FIGHT for Freedom!" There is a photo of an African American man standing in front of a door marked 'COLORED' Along the top are the signatures of State Senator Harry E. Davis, U. S. Senators Hubert H. Humphrey, Irving M. Ives, and Herbert H. Lehman, as well has Union and Church representatives and Congressmen.
The bottom line reads "SUPPORT THE CRUSADE TO COMPLETE EMANCIPATION MAIL COUPON TODAY!!"
The back cover is in three sections: Top - is a picture of the Lincoln Memorial with the NAACP emblem. The middle section reads FIGHT FOR FREEDOM COMMITTEE and lists Regional Chairmen; Youth Representatives; Board Members; Staff; and Life Membership Committee Co-chairmen.
The bottom section has a coupon to fill out to send in a contribution for the fight or take out a membership in the NAACP. It includes the prices and how to receive the 'Crisis Magazine.Collection
Beshears, KelseyLexicon
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Category 08: Communication Objects
