Advertisement for Birth of a Nation

ID: 5870 ~ Source: Courtesy of Google News Archive. ~ Creator: Seattle Star, June 1916

This file appears in: NAACP Protests Birth of a Nation: The Racist 1915 Silent Film Provoked Controversy

Newspaper clipping advertising showings of “Birth of a Nation” at a theatre in Seattle.

This file appears in: NAACP Protests Birth of a Nation: The Racist 1915 Silent Film Provoked Controversy

NAACP Protests Birth of a Nation: The Racist 1915 Silent Film Provoked Controversy

Following the 1915 release of DW Griffith’s racist film “Birth of a Nation,” the NAACP mobilized across the country, including Spokane, to protest the film.