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School Boycott 3, "End Inferior Schools"

1964; printed later

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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

A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of people participating in a New York City school boycott demonstration with police officers and buses in the background. At the center of the image are three people. The woman on the right is holding a portfolio binder with her proper right arm with her hand holding a white poster reading [END / INFERIOR / SCHOOLS]. She is wearing cat eyeglasses, a watch on her proper right wrist, a patterned dress, and a dark-colored cardigan. To her proper left are two people in a side embrace, with a woman closest to her and a man to the far right. The second woman is wearing a checkered shirt, a solid-colored skirt, and a white cardigan with a with a dark colored trim and buttons on the right. The young man is holding a stack of papers and books with his proper left arm.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2021.53.24

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