Handbill for Martin Luther King, Jr. Mass Memorial: Museum Object and Cultural History
Handbill for Martin Luther King, Jr. Mass Memorial: Date: April 1968. Created by: Peace and Freedom Party, American, founded 1967. Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
A handbill announcing a Mass Memorial for Martin Luther King, Jr. The announcement features images of Martin Luther King, Jr and Huey P. Newton at the top. Text below gives information about the event and demands made by the activist group.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: April 1968
- Created by: Peace and Freedom Party, American, founded 1967
- Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Subject of: Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
- Photograph by: Blair Stapp
- Type: handbills
- Medium: lithographic ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)
- Place used: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Political organizations
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2011.127
- 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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