Women March to Take Back The Night 1981
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Women March to Take Back The Night 1981Entry/Object ID
2024.12.41Description
This poster advertises "Women March To Take Back The Night," a march and rally on September 26, 1981 at New Haven Green, followed by a post-march dance at St. Paul's Church. The main speaker was Ntozake Shange, author of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf."Artwork Details
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PaperContext
This event was part of the broader, grassroots Take Back the Night movement that emerged in the late 1970s and 1980s to protest gender-based violence, sexual assault, and a lack of public safety for women.Category
Poster