Object Information
Elizabeth Catlett
American, born 1915
Civil Rights Congress, 1949
Linoleum cut on cream wove paper
310 x 180 mm (image); 462 x 325 mm (sheet)
Restricted gift of The Leadership Advisory Committee, 2005.143
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
This print, Civil Rights Congress, was produced in Mexico but represents Elizabeth Catlett’s continued concern for the condition of the African American community in the United States. The piece commemorates William Patterson, a member of the Communist Party and the national executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress.