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Author Crane, David L., author.

Title Making the movement : how activists fought for civil rights with buttons, flyers, pins, and posters / David L. Crane ; essay by Silas Munro.

Publication Info. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2022.
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  323.1196 CRANE    Check Shelf
Description xv, 222 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Bearing witness : call and response for civil rights through graphic design / Silas Munro -- Introduction : nonviolent weapons -- Separate and unequal (1863-1938) -- Finish the fight (1939-1950) -- Segregation and desegregation (1951-1959) -- Growing the movement (1960-1965) -- Visions of freedom (1966-1980s) -- Afterword.
Summary From Reconstruction through Jim Crow, through the protest era of the 1960s and '70s, to current-day resistance and activism such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the material culture of the Civil Rights Movement has been integral to its goals and tactics. During decades of sit-ins, marches, legal challenges, political campaigns, boycotts, and demonstrations, objects such as buttons, flyers, pins, and posters have been key in the fight against racism, oppression, and violence. Making the Movement presents more than 200 of these nonviolent weapons alongside the stories of the activists, organizations, and campaigns that defined and propelled the cause of civil rights. It is a must-read for anyone seeking to learn about Black and African American history in the United States and about strategies to combat racism and the structures that support it. -- Adapted from publisher's webpage.
Subject Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- Material culture.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
Visual communication -- Political aspects.
Art and social action.
United States -- Antiquities.
African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
African Americans -- Material culture. (OCoLC)fst00799637
Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
Art and social action. (OCoLC)fst01742274
Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
Visual communication -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01168003
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Munro, Silas, 1981- contributor.
ISBN 9781648961083 (paperback)
1648961088 (paperback)
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