Handbill advertising a Prayer Meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr.: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Printed handbill annoucing a "Prayer Meeting and Song Fest" with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the United Methodist Church of Boston, MA on March 23, 1956. The meeting was sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Interdenominational Ministers' Alliance of Boston.

The flier is printed in black ink on white paper. At the top is printed [REV. MARTIN L. KING, Jr. / of MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA / Reports to Boston] followed by the event date, time, location and sponsors. There are no marks or inscriptions on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 23, 1956
• Created by: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
• Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
• Subject of: Union Methodist Church, American, founded 1796
• Type: handbills
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (23.5 x 15.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Fraternities
• Topic: Interfaith communities
• Topic: Methodist
• Topic: Music
• Topic: The Black Church
• Object number: 2012.46.34.11
• 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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