Heed the call, Negroes all; undated

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Identifier	tgc-t028-120
Title	Heed the call, Negroes all; undated
Description	From the Schutt (Jane M.) Papers; Printed poster encouraging Black citizens of Coahoma County, Mississippi, to join in civil rights actions to work for improved circumstances in their own lives. The poster gives reasons for a boycott of Clarksdale's downtown merchants by Black customers and circumstances for a resumption of business. The poster asks for fair employment in positions above menial tasks in downtown businesses and for courtesy in address for Black customers and employees.
Creator	Coahoma County Federated Council of Organizations.
Date	[1961]
Coverage (time period)	1961
Subject	African Americans. Civil rights. Civil rights demonstrations. Coahoma County (Miss.) Posters. United States Commission on Civil Rights. Mississippi Advisory Committee.
Mississippi county	Coahoma County (Miss.)
Geographic location	Clarksdale (Miss.)
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 1-page document.
Language	English
Publisher	Mississippi Digital Library. (electronic version) Tougaloo College. (electronic version)
Contributors	Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Notes	Item housed at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Rights	This item may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Contributing institution	Tougaloo College Archives, L. Zenobia Coleman Library, Tougaloo College.
Collection	Schutt (Jane M.) Papers.
Source	Box 1 Folder 32
Digital repository	Mississippi Digital Library.
Digital collection	Tougaloo College.
File size	444.803 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1707
Height	2204
Color space	Grayscale
File name	tgc-t028-120-01.jpg

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