2010.54.15447

Fast For Peace
Circa 1967
22 in HIGH x 27.875 in WIDE
(55.88 cm HIGH x 70.8 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.15447

"Peace Fast Fund / Vietnam Moratorium Committee" handwritten in blue ink on verso left.

Poster has a red border at the top, white at the right and blue at the bottom with a central photo of a woman sobbing over a body wrapped in a black bag. Down the left is "our country is red / spilled blood / of the Indians / the british / the blacks / the white / the poor / the shot" in red, "our country is white / draining blood / from the enemies / the enemy / is a harm on being / US" in black and "our country is blue / hope / that in its Christian / tradition thou shalt not kill / will win over / the refinement of weapons / Corita" in blue. At the bottom left corner is "Vietnam Moratorium" in white. Int eh white border at the right is "Fsat / For Peace / April 13-15 / proceeds of the fast go to the / victims of the war in Vietnam... / Vietnam relief agencies and / American anti-poverty groups. / make checks payable to: / Peace Fast Fund / Vietnam Moratorium Committee / 1029 Vermont Avenue, N.W. / Washington, D.C. 20005" in black.

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