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Soul Force: Official Journal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference vol. 5 no. 2

August 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 5, number 2. The newsletter is printed on newsprint paper with black type. The newsletter is folded together but not stapled. The front cover features large silhouette images of four men giving black power salutes. They are depicted in profile and with their backs to the viewer. They are facing a line of men, in the distance, standing against a railing, also giving black power salutes. 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, [AUGUST / 1971]. The back cover is formatted like a post card, with a pre-registration form for the 14th Annual Southeastern Christian Leadership (SCLC) event. The newsletter is fifteen (15) pages and includes articles and black-and-white images throughout. Articles titles include: [Did You Know?

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Catalog reference: 2015.130.6

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