Flyer announcing mass demonstration in New York City sponsored by SNCC and CORE: Museum Object and Cultural History

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A flier announcing a mass demonstration in New York City at the FBI Headquarters at 69th Street and 3rd Avenue on June 21st, 1965. The mimeographed flier is printed on one side in black ink, from a handwritten original. At the top is written [A YEAR AGO - / Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman were KILLED in MISSISSIPPI], followed by a paragraph detailing how civil rights workers are being arrested, beaten, jailed and denied medical treatment in Jackson, Mississippi and fifteen members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party were jailed in Washington, DC. Below this is the details of the demonstration [MASS DEMONSTRATION/ MONDAY, JUNE 21st 4:30 - 7:00 pm / FBI office 69th Street & 3rd Avenue / TO DEMAND / 1. Strong federal protection for civil rights workers in the South / 2. Immediate release, without bail, or those in jail now.]. At the lower left is the address for SNCC and at the lower right is the address for CORE. There are no prints, marks, or inscriptions on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: June 21, 1965
• Created by: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
• Created by: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
• Subject of: Michael Schwerner, American, 1939 - 1964
• Subject of: James Chaney, American, 1943 - 1964
• Subject of: Andrew Goodman, American, 1943 - 1964
• Subject of: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Violence
• Object number: 2012.46.34.27
• 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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