Published by
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
Edited by
Green, Ernest
Bunje, Janet
Photograph by
Tomlin, Elaine, American, died 1995
Subject of
Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
President Richard M. Nixon, American, 1913 - 1994
Hamer, Fannie Lou, American, 1917 - 1977
Rev. Dr. Walker, Wyatt Tee, American, 1929 - 2018
Davis, Angela Y., American, born 1944
Hamer, Fannie Lou, American, 1917 - 1977
Collier, Jo Etha, American, died 1971
Date
June 1971
Medium
ink on newsprint
Dimensions
H x W (Closed): 10 13/16 × 8 3/16 in. (27.5 × 20.8 cm)
H x W (Open): 10 13/16 × 16 1/4 in. (27.5 × 41.3 cm)
Description
Soul Force newsletter, volume 4, number 6. The newsletter is printed on newsprint paper with black type. The newsletter is folded together but not stapled. The front cover features an image of a graduation procession with the male participants lined up, side-by-side, in pairs. One man at the front of the procession wears a doctoral gown with three bars on the sleeves, a tam with tassel, and a medallion pendant. The rest of men are depicted wearing graduate gowns and mortarboard caps. A few are also wearing hoods and other types of academic regalia. Printed in the top third of the front cover is the masthead on the left that reads, [SOUL / force], and the date on the right that reads, [JUNE / 1971]. The back cover is formatted like a post card, with a a pre-registration form for the 14th Annual Southeastern Christian Leadership (SCLC) event. The newsletter is fifteen (15) pages and includes articles and black-and-white images throughout. Articles include: [Did You / Know?], [Politics ‘72], [Let Them Eat Lead], [The Nixon Court], [BUDAPEST], [Angela Davis], [1972: Power to the Young People], [South Africa], [Drew, / Mississippi], [South, / Summer ‘71], [Plenty Left of SCLC], and [The Government / vs. / The New York Time / (and freedom)]. The article titled "Drew, Mississippi," recounts the murder of Jo Etha Collier, a high school student and track and field athlete, by three white men. Printed on page fifteen is a tentative agenda for the SCLC’s 14th Annual Convention. The first page, located on the interior of front cover, lists the Editorial Board members, editorial staff names, and press names, along with the volume and issue number.
Place printed
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Drew, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
South Africa, Africa
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Books and Published Materials
Movement
Anti-apartheid movements
Type
newsletters
Topic
Activism
Africa
American South
Communication
Education
Politics
Religion
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Violence
Youth
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2015.130.5
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd510fe7edb-dba9-4d12-8329-922493ee99ea

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