[Harlem ladies, NAACP members, selling anti-lynching buttons] / photo by M. Smith. – Historic Photo Reproduction
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[Harlem ladies, NAACP members, selling anti-lynching buttons] / photo by M. Smith.
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Two women stand together in Harlem, selling anti-lynching buttons for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP. Fundraising of this kind was a common tactic for the organization in the 1930s and 1940s, when it pressed Congress for a federal anti-lynching law that was repeatedly blocked by filibusters in the Senate. The photograph, credited to M. Smith, captures the everyday organizing work of Black women in New York who carried the campaign to street corners and sidewalks. Its record places it within the NAACP's visual archive, making it a useful look at grassroots civil rights activity in the years between 1930 and 1950.
| Created / published | [between 1930 and 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Group portraits 1930-1950.Portrait photographs 1930-1950.Photographic prints 1930-1950. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. |
| Subjects | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--People--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Women--Political activity--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. African Americans--Civil rights--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,280 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-186987 |
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