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Soul Force: Official Journal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference vol. 4 no. 6

June 1971

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 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.

Soul Force newsletter, volume 4, number 6. The newsletter is printed on newsprint paper with black type. The newsletter is folded together but not stapled. The front cover features an image of a graduation procession with the male participants lined up, side-by-side, in pairs. One man at the front of the procession wears a doctoral gown with three bars on the sleeves, a tam with tassel, and a medallion pendant. The rest of men are depicted wearing graduate gowns and mortarboard caps. A few are also wearing hoods and other types of academic regalia. Printed in the top third of the front cover is the masthead on the left that reads, [SOUL / force], and the date on the right that reads, [JUNE / 1971]. The back cover is formatted like a post card, with a a pre-registration form for the 14th Annual Southeastern Christian Leadership (SCLC) event.

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Catalog reference: 2015.130.5

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