Ken Williams, Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement

Place Created

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date

Early 1970s

Type of Item

Photograph

Description

Ken Williams was one of two African American employees at Polaroid who formed the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement (PRWM) in 1970. This photo shows Williams with a "Boycott Polaroid" poster. The PRWM advocated a boycott of the company when they discovered that the company's products were being used in passbooks in South Africa. Williams and two other employees were fired by Polaroid in 1971. The photo may have been taken in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Text in Image

BOYCOTT POLAROID

Organization

Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

image/jpeg

This photo was digitized by Clarity Films, which provided it to the African Activist Archive.

Rights Management

Used by permission of Caroline Hunter.

Collection

Private collection of Caroline Hunter