Handbill advertising a Youth Celebration of Brown v. Board of Education: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Printed handbill advertising a Boston event celebrating the Brown v. The Board of Education decision. The flier consists of black printed text on beige paper, reading: "Youth Celebration of the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation May 17, 1954" and was sponsored by the NAACP Youth Council at the Huntington Street YMCA on Sunday May 27, 1954. There are no marks or inscriptions on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: May 27, 1954
• Created by: NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
• Type: handbills
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 7 15/16 × 5 1/2 in. (20.2 × 14 cm)
• Place used: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Law
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: U.S. History, 1953-1961
• Object number: 2012.46.34.6
• 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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