1940's Government and Politics | "Wipe Out Discrimination"

Poster

By: Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO)

Date: 1949

Source: "Wipe Out Discrimination." Poster. 1949. Reprinted in Boyer, Paul S., et al. The Enduring Vision. Second edition. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath and Company, 1993.

About the Organization: Public-service announcements on posters and in other media not only reflected social trends and movements by expressing popular sentiments but also allowed organizations to advertise themselves by linking their names with successful ideas. In this case, the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO), a labor union, sought to link its agenda with the growing emphasis on civil rights. Despite this and other efforts to revitalize itself, the CIO did not thrive. In 1955, it joined the American Federation of Labor (AFL) to form the AFL-CIO. The AFL-CIO had internal problems as well, however, and its membership decreased...