“One Man One Vote” SNCC Poster
Date
1963
Credits
- Danny Lyon 6 Photographer
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 6
Format
- Poster 1686
Type of Work
- Finished work 5481
Locations Made
- Atlanta 12
"Since all citizens are subject to the laws and taxes imposed by elected officials they should all have a right to vote regardless of their education. If the power-structure wants voters to be literate, they should provide a public education system that teaches everyone to read and write regardless of race. SNCC's position is summed up by adopting the South African cry of: 'One Man, One Vote,' and illustrated by a poster of an old sharecropper."—https://www.crmvet.org/tim/tim63b.htm#1963msballot
