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Huelga!

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 a young boy smiling and holding up fliers with his proper left hand in New York City. He is standing in front of a brick building with a metal gate on the left. The young boy is wearing a dark color hoodie with a white collared shirt underneath. On his head is a leather trapper hat with a bill. The flyer visibly reads: [¡Fuera con las Escuelas Segregados! / ¡Fuera con las Escuelas Inferiores! / HUELGA / No Mande Sus / Niños a la Escuela / LUNES / FEB. 3 / Niños se atenderán en las / Escuelas de la Libertad / TR 7-2581 TR 7-9513]. The translation for the flyer is: [Out with segregated schools! / Out with inferior schools! / BOYCOTT / Do not send your / children to school / MONDAY / FEB.

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Catalog reference: 2021.53.25

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