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Created by: San Francisco Independent, founded 1955
Photograph by: Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
Subject of: White, Lurline, American; Edwards, Sallie, American; Carter, Lulu, American; Buckner, Illa, American, 1882 - 1978; Staton, Beulah, American; Williams, Eddye Keaton, American; Buford, Margaret, American; Williams, Cathryn, American; Wise, Esther, American; Miller, Dola II, French; Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987; San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945; National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935

Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Caption: This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
Description: A newspaper clipping with a photograph depicting women associated with the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women standing along a motorcade route holding signs urging citizens to vote. The clipping is adhered to the top half of page twelve (12) in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

Topic: African American; Education; Politics (Practical); Social reform; Suffrage; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Photograph by: Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
Subject of: White, Lurline, American; Edwards, Sallie, American; Carter, Lulu, American; Buckner, Illa, American, 1882 - 1978; Staton, Beulah, American; Williams, Eddye Keaton, American; Buford, Margaret, American; Williams, Cathryn, American; Wise, Esther, American; Miller, Dola II, French; Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987; San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945; National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935

Place captured: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, North and Central America

Caption: This photograph is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
Description: A black-and-white photograph of ten women lined up with signs along the Citizenship Education Project's motorcade route encouraging voting and voter registration. There is a typewritten caption on a white strip of paper below the photograph that reads, "LINING-UP FOR MOTORCADE." The photograph is adhered to page 24 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Education; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; Suffrage; United States--History--1953-1961; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

Created by: San Francisco Independent, founded 1955
Photograph by: Cox Studio, American, founded 1957
Subject of: White, Lurline, American; Edwards, Sallie, American; Carter, Lulu, American; Buckner, Illa, American, 1882 - 1978; Staton, Beulah, American; Williams, Eddye Keaton, American; Buford, Margaret, American; Williams, Cathryn, American; Wise, Esther, American; Miller, Dola II, French; Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987; San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945; National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935

Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Caption: This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
Description: A newspaper clipping with a photograph depicting women associated with the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women standing along a motorcade route holding signs urging citizens to vote. The clipping is located between pages six (6) and seven (7) in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

Topic: African American; Education; Politics (Practical); Social reform; Suffrage; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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