Flier for the film King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Martin Luther King Foundation flier for the film “King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis." The front of the flier features a black and white image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “KING” is printed in bold white text in the top, right corner. The back of the flier features six black and white images down the center with text on each side. The pictures depict images of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a burning bus, a police officer, a large group of people marching, a burning cross and Klansmen, and people morning at King’s funeral. The text are reviews of the movie from various news outlets, awards the movie has won and suggested uses for the film. The flier is yellowed, creased, and torn in several places.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Distributed by: Martin Luther King Foundation, American
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 17 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (43.8 × 28.6 cm)
• Place collected: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Topic: Violence
• Topic: White supremacy movements
• Object number: 2017.71.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Arthur J. "Bud" Schmidt
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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