This poster was distributed after World War II by the Institute for American Democracy, Inc., a front organization for the Anti-Defamation League. It had been founded in New York City in 1941 to promote American involvement in the war and the fight against fascism. In 1944, it launched the Campaign for Unity Democracy and the Four Freedoms (in reference to the Four Freedoms outlined by President Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union address), one that included a booklet and a series of posters on the theme. It also produced posters encouraging Americans to buy war bonds. After the war, the institute continued to produce press materials and posters like this one to promote tolerance within the United States. In this poster, the Institute for American Democracy addresses the significant inequalities in education among Americans of different backgrounds after World War II. A large volume representing knowledge stands in a barren landscape, sealed by a lock labeled “Racial and Religious Prejudice.” While, for example, the G.I. Bill, intended to support education for returning veterans was race-neutral in its official terms, Black men had restricted educational opportunities in the segregated South, and limited access to guidance about how to take advantage of those that were on offer. In addition, some elite universities and medical schools still had quotas for Jews and other minority groups through the 1960s.