Flier for "Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom" meeting at Enon Baptist Church: Museum Object and Cultural History

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Flier for a meeting in Baltimore for the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.” The yellowed flier has black printed text. The top of the flier reads [ON TO WASHINGTON - / JOIN THE / PRAYER PILGRIMAGE FOR FREEDOM / to WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 17th, 1957]. Larger text below a line break reads [MASS MEETING / Tuesday, May 14, - 8 p.m.]. The location for the meeting is listed as Enon Baptist Church where attendees will [Hear the National Director, Dr. Thomas Kilgore Jr. / of New York City and Dr. David Licorish.] There is contact information for Rev. Luke G. Reynolds and Rev. Theodore Jackson. There are four (4) churches listed at the bottom where busses will depart for Washington, D.C. for the "prayer pilgrimage" to commemorate the third anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling. The round trip fare is $1.25. Printer information for [Wells Printers, 601-03 Dolphin Street, VErnon [sic]] is in small text at the bottom. The back is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1957
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Enon Baptist Church, American, founded ca. 1889
• Subject of: Rev. Thomas Kilgore, American, 1913 - 1998
• Subject of: Dr. David Nathaniel Licorish, Barbadian American, 1904 - 1999
• Type: ephemera
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 13 1/8 × 8 in. (33.3 × 20.3 cm)
• Place made: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Freedom
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Segregation
• Object number: 2017.14.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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