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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) "America is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry."

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) "America is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry." U. S. Government wartime poster, 27 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches printed in red and black, depicting an American Eagle with text beneath; creases where folded. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1943

  • Notes: "No loyal citizen of the United States should be denied the democratic right to exercise the responsibilities of his citizenship, regardless of ancestry . . ." This had to do with hiring in factories for the war effort, and little if anything to do with genuine civil rights legislation.
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