Photograph of women activists with signs for voter registration

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

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place captured

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

September 8, 1956

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

Object number

2010.60.1.27

Restrictions & Rights

© Cox Studio

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture