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Handbill for an Alabama suffrage campaign

ca. 1956

Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A handbill urging residents of Alabama to register to vote in the Presidential Pre-Primary to re-elect the present Ward 9 Democratic Committee. The flier is printed in black ink on pink paper. At the top is [DEMAND! / PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ACT / To End / Alabama Injustice / "WRITE IKE TODAY"] followed by a messages to [REGISTER NOW!] and [RE-ELECT YOUR PRESENT WARD 9 DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE] followed by a list of the current committee members. There are no marks or inscriptions on the back.

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Catalog reference: 2012.46.34.19

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