American progressives continued fighting for social justice and international cooperation despite the Korean War and the increasingly hostile political climate of the Cold War. Gellert faced investigation by the House of Un-American Activities Committee and established the Art of Today Gallery in New York City in 1954 as an exhibition space for blacklisted artists. In another version of this poster, is was printed in red and blue on white background, central image of large white dove flying above a backdrop of a crowd of people with signs, event details at top and bottom. It said “save the bill of rights”, “end Jim Crow”, “repeal the Smith Act”, “stop Lynch terror”, “repeal McCarran law” and “save the unemployment insurance”, etc. Gellert is a committed socialist who later joined the Communist Party of America, considered his politics inseparable from his art. He had said that "Being an artist and being a communist are one and the same." He used his art to advance his ideals for the common people. Much of his art depicted what he saw as the injustices of racial divides and capitalism. Often his works were captioned with slogans to further the illustration.
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