Coalition for a Black Count
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Johns Hopkins University collection of African American political activism
Collection
Identifier: MS-0848
Abstract
The Johns Hopkins University collection of African American political activism in the United States consists of broadsides, photographs, and newspaper clippings that were primarily created around the time of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements between the 1950s and 1970s.
Dates:
1861 - 2004
Found in:
Special Collections
Make Black Count Census campaign pamphlet and button, 1970
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034443782], Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
Two items, a button and a pamphlet, produced by the Coalition for a Black Count, which campaigned to get Black residents counted in the 1970 US Census. Both items are emblazoned with the slogan "Make Black Count. Get in the '70 Census." The campaign sought accurate Census figures on Black people to ensure better political representation and government apportionment of funding and services for Black communities. The pamphlet tells the reader that if they aren't counted in the Census, it will...
Dates:
1970
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- African American periodicals 1
- African Americans 1
- Census 1
- Christmas cards 1
- Civil rights 1
- Political activists 1
- Race relations 1
- Slavery 1
- Women--Suffrage 1
- broadsides (notices) 1
- campaign button 1
- fliers (printed matter) 1
- newspapers 1
- pamphlets 1
- posters 1
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