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Poster by the Pittsburgh NAACP calling for boycott of Horne's

ca. 1974

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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 poster from the Pittsburgh NAACP calling for a shop boycott. Printed in black ink on off-white posterboard is: [THE PITTSBUGH / NAACP / SAYS / DON’T / SHOP / AT HORNE'S / UNFAIR PRACTICES TO / WOMEN & MINORITIES]. The "Horne's" has been handdrawn with ink on a separate piece of paper and attached to the poster. On the reverse is a severely faded imprint of the black lettering from the front of the poster.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.41

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