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A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People

Object Details

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
A newspaper clipping with a photograph depicting women associated with the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women standing along a motorcade route holding signs urging citizens to vote. The clipping is located between pages six (6) and seven (7) in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Created by
San Francisco Independent, founded 1955
Photograph by
Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
Subject of
Lurline White, American
Sallie Edwards, American
Lulu Carter, American
Illa Buckner, American, 1882 - 1978
Beulah Staton, American
Eddye Keaton Williams, American
Margaret Buford, American
Cathryn Williams, American
Esther Wise, American
Dola Miller II, French
Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
Date
September 1956
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
Medium
ink on newsprint
Dimensions
H x W: 6 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (16.5 × 15.9 cm)
Type
clippings
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