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Original Caption: "A Step in the Right Direction!!" [This poster was designed for the recruitment of African American labor.]

U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: NWDNS-208-COM-10

From: Series: Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston (Record Group 208)

Created by: Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. News Bureau. (06/13/1942 - 09/15/1945 )

Production Date: 1943

Artist: Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977

Subjects: African Americans World War, 1939-1945

Persistent URL:catalog.archives.gov/id/535604

Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.

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Charles Alston (1907–1977)  wikidata:Q1906150
 
Charles Alston
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Charles Henry Alston
Description American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher
Date of birth/death 28 November 1907 Edit this at Wikidata 27 April 1977 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Charlotte Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1932 Edit this at Wikidata–1977 Edit this at Wikidata
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