Museum of Resistance and Resilience Main MenuPraxis #1: Curation and Annotation (Group Project)details of Praxis #1 assignmentPraxis #1.1 War, Memory, And Identity: Beyond Victims and Voice Museum of Resistance and ResilienceProfessor Marjory Wentworth Honor's Class at College of CharlestonPraxis #2 Media Intervention, Multimedia Essay (Individual Project)Entry 2 in our Museum of Resistance and ResiliencePraxis #3 Manifesto of Future Resistance and ResilienceMedia Intervention/Media PostsFinal Course Reflection - A Letter to the FutureDue November 18Vicki Callahanf68c37bed83f129872c0216fae5c9d063d9e11baLisa Müller-Tredecc71af55f5122020f2b95396300e25feb73b6995
Gerald Holtom, the designer of the peace sign.
12020-09-16T22:27:41-07:00Kristin Wongbed9191c99c4c271c07e35d58d207ab2e23fa62a377842plain2020-09-16T22:28:30-07:00Kristin Wongbed9191c99c4c271c07e35d58d207ab2e23fa62aOn the protesters' signs and banners, a new symbol was making its first appearance. Gerald Holtom, a designer and a pacifist, had developed it specifically for the march just a few weeks prior. He believed that a symbol would make the message stronger. The symbol was adopted soon after by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and went on to become one of the most widely recognized designs in history.
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1media/Peace Sign_thumb.jpg2020-09-16T22:15:23-07:00Kristin Wongbed9191c99c4c271c07e35d58d207ab2e23fa62a"Make Love, Not War:" 60 Years of the Peace Sign1In 1958, nearly 10,000 protestors from London marched 50 miles to protest against nuclear weapons. On the protesters' signs and banners, a new symbol called the "Peace Sign" made its first appearance to empower their message to the United Kingdom.media/Peace Sign.jpgplain2020-09-16T22:15:23-07:00Kristin Wongbed9191c99c4c271c07e35d58d207ab2e23fa62a