Black Student Union 'STRIKE' Graffiti, unknown maker from the United States

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Black Student Union 'STRIKE' Graffiti
Black Student Union 'STRIKE' Graffiti
Black Student Union 'STRIKE' Graffiti
1970
Black Student Union 'STRIKE' Graffiti , 1970
Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Credit line: Courtesy of University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries, https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-uaphotos/8929
Accession number: T2021.007
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Art and Activism: 50 Years of Africana Studies at KU
Watch a short video documenting Dowdell’s funeral procession, shot by KU Professor Emeritus Roger Shimomura. This and other videos related to Dowdell and his legacy can be viewed via the Langston Hughes Center. Student activists spray-painted calls for strikes as one strategy for bringing justice to the violent killing of Dowdell by a Lawrence Police officer.
Watch a short video documenting Dowdell’s funeral procession, shot by KU Professor Emeritus Roger Shimomura. This and other videos related to Dowdell and his legacy can be viewed via the Langston Hughes Center. Student activists spray-painted calls for strikes as one strategy for bringing justice to the violent killing of Dowdell by a Lawrence Police officer.