1960s Peace Movement bumper sticker
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1960s Peace Movement bumper sticker
Peace Movement bumper sticker, c. 1967, printed by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, New York. This sticker was owned by prominent Dallas activists Holbrooke and Millie Seltzer.
1960s Peace Movement bumper sticker
circa 1967
Papel
4 x 17 in. (10.2 x 43.2 cm)
Dr. Holbrooke and Millie Seltzer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2006.005.0002
In 1966, Dr. Holbrooke and Mille Seltzer, prominent members of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, became outspoken critics of the Vietnam War. Dr. Seltzer and fellow peace activst Ken Gjemre, later the co-founder of Half Price Books in Dallas, started the Dallas Peace Committee to End the War in Vietnam. The group staged weekly silent protests in Dealey Plaza for several months. Millie Seltzer donated her collection of peace movement memoribilia and recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on Enero 10, 2006. She passed away later that year, on Octubre 6, 2006, less than one month after attending the funeral of her close friend, former Texas governor Ann Richards. After Ms. Seltzer's death, her family donated to the Museum a portion of her vast library of peace movement and civil rights literature. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
1960s Peace Movement bumper sticker
Peace Movement bumper sticker, c. 1967, printed by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, New York. This sticker was owned by prominent Dallas activists Holbrooke and Millie Seltzer.
1960s Peace Movement bumper sticker
circa 1967
Vietnam
Paz
Dallas
Papel
4 x 17 in. (10.2 x 43.2 cm)
Dr. Holbrooke and Millie Seltzer Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2006.005.0002
In 1966, Dr. Holbrooke and Mille Seltzer, prominent members of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, became outspoken critics of the Vietnam War. Dr. Seltzer and fellow peace activst Ken Gjemre, later the co-founder of Half Price Books in Dallas, started the Dallas Peace Committee to End the War in Vietnam. The group staged weekly silent protests in Dealey Plaza for several months. Millie Seltzer donated her collection of peace movement memoribilia and recorded an oral history with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on Enero 10, 2006. She passed away later that year, on Octubre 6, 2006, less than one month after attending the funeral of her close friend, former Texas governor Ann Richards. After Ms. Seltzer's death, her family donated to the Museum a portion of her vast library of peace movement and civil rights literature. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
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