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Police brutality.

 Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Mississippi Freedom Fight/Self Determination for the Afro-American Nation poster

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113939197]
Identifier: 7896
Abstract Silkscreened poster in red, green, black, and cream depicting African American women in a protest march, probably the November 25, 1978 National March on Tupelo, sparked by police brutality against African-Americans. Two of the marchers are wearing t-shirts that read "Justice for All." The poster features a quote from Alfred "Skip" Robinson: "The battle lines drawn in Tupelo do not end in Mississippi, but extend into every city and town in this country where discrimination and bigotry...
Dates: 1978

Police and Community Conflict Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8595
Scope and content

Approximately 30 pamphlets, flyers, newsletters, brochures and leaflets protesting police violence and abuses, most issued by community activist and human rights organizations. Primary locations are Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, El Paso, Tx, and New York, and Massachusetts. One folder of photocopied material also included.

Dates: circa 1965-1993.