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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	United States (made)

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) campaigned for equality for Black Americans through a philosophy of non-violent social change, organising mass demonstrations, citizen education programmes and Black voter registration drives. King was assassinated on 4 April 1968. The poster evokes his memory to inspire people to continue the cause that he came to embody.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Free to Say Yes (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour offset lithograph Paper Ink Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description	Yale University poster for a spring festival honouring Martin Luther King. USA, 1968.
Physical description	Beige poster printed in magenta and green advertising a spring festival at Yale University in honour of Martin Luther King. Floral motif.
Dimensions	Height: 35.6cm Width: 26.4cm
Marks and inscriptions	TO CELEBRATE/ IS TO/ EXPLAIN/ WHO WE ARE/ AND TO/ SAY YES (written within six flower petals) IF IT BE GRANTED WE SAY YES TO A SINGLE MOMENT, WE HAVE SAID YES NOT ONLY TO OURSELVES BUT TO ALL EXISTENCE picked up/ Yale/ 4-15-69 (written in pencil on revers, lower right corner)
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Production	posted at Yale University
Subjects depicted	Flowers Festival King, Martin Luther Civil Rights Movement
Place depicted	United States
Summary	Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) campaigned for equality for Black Americans through a philosophy of non-violent social change, organising mass demonstrations, citizen education programmes and Black voter registration drives. King was assassinated on 4 April 1968. The poster evokes his memory to inspire people to continue the cause that he came to embody.
Associated object	E.1457-2004 (Colourway)
Other number	LS.2546 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1632-2004

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Record created	August 12, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101684/free-to-say-yes-poster-unknown/

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