Flier announcing an NAACP Memorial Meeting for Emmett Till: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A hand-written and typed facsimile flier annoucing an NAACP sponsored memorial meeting for Emmett Till at the St. James A.M.E. Church in Newark, New Jersey. At the top of the flier is an American flag graphic followed by large, hand-lettered text reading [HEAR THE MISSISSIPPI STORY / ATTEND NAACP MEMORIAL MEETING / For / EMMETT TILL]. There are no marks or inscriptions on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: October 23, 1955
• Created by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
• Subject of: Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955
• Subject of: St James' A.M.E. Church, American, founded 1842
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: African Methodist Episcopal
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Methodist
• Topic: The Black Church
• Topic: Violence
• Object number: 2012.46.34.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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