Flier for a "Scottsboro Boys Victory Celebration" and mass meeting: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A paper flier for a League of Struggle for Negro Rights meeting to celebrate a Supreme Court victory for the Scottsboro Boys, and to discuss the invasion and occupation of Ethiopia and the recent riot in Harlem. The flier is printed in black ink on both sides of a light brown piece of paper. On the front, in large font is [SCOTTSBORO / BOYS / VICTORY CELEBRATION / AND / ETHIOPIA / DEFENSE / HARLEM RIOT ISSUE / MASS MEETING] followed by the location, date, and list of speakers (James Dolsen, Bill Thornton, Ike Hawkins). The reverse side advertises an event at the League’s headquarters to [DANCE – DINE – BINGO]. Both sides include multiple fonts and designs with ornamental type blocks.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1935
• Created by: League of Struggle for Negro Rights, American, 1930 - 1935
• Subject of: Samuel Leibowitz, Romanian American, 1893 - 1978
• Subject of: Haywood Patterson, American, 1912 - 1952
• Subject of: Ozie Powell, American, born 1916
• Subject of: Andy Wright, American, born 1912
• Subject of: Roy Wright, American, 1918 - 1959
• Subject of: Charlie Weems, American, born 1911
• Subject of: Willie Roberson, American
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 15/16 × 4 1/2 in. (15.1 × 11.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Colonialism
• Topic: Communities
• Object number: 2021.16.9.3
• 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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