Flier for a pre-march Freedom Rally for the Meredith Marchers: Museum Object and Cultural History
Flier for a pre-march Freedom Rally for the Meredith Marchers: Date: 1966. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869.
The object in the museum catalogue
An off-white flier with black ink that announces a: "Pre-March Freedom Rally" for the Meredith Marchers. The flier states: "Come to Tougaloo Campus Sat., June 25th, 8:00 P.M. to welcome the Meredith Marchers to Jackson". The flier advertises: "See!! / Hear!! / Sammy Davis / James Brown/ Nina Simone / Eartha Kitt / Marlon Brando / Burt Lancaster / and others".
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1966
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869
- Subject of: Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
- Subject of: James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
- Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003
- Subject of: Eartha Kitt, American, 1927 - 2008
- Subject of: Marlon Brando, American, 1924 - 2004
- Subject of: Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster, American, 1913 - 1994
- Type: fliers (printed matter)
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: L x W: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Place depicted: Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Topic: Musicians
- Object number: 2011.109.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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