Handbill advertising a Brotherhood Reception for T.R.M. Howard, M.D.: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Printed handbill advertising a Brotherhood Reception for T.R.M. Howard, M.D., President Regional Council of Negro Leadership and President of the Negro Medical Association on February 15, 1956 at the Museum of Science, Boston. The reception was sponsored by B'Nai B'Rith, the NAACP Youth Council and the United Christian Youth Movement.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 15, 1956
• Distributed by: NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
• Distributed by: United Christian Youth Movement of North America, American, founded 1934
• Distributed by: B'nai B'rith International, American, founded 1843
• Subject of: Dr. Theodore R. M. Howard, American, 1908 - 1976
• Subject of: National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
• Subject of: Regional Council of Negro Leadership, American, 1951 - 1962
• Type: handbills
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
• Place used: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Christianity
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Interfaith communities
• Topic: Judaism
• Topic: Medicine
• Object number: 2012.46.34.5
• 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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