Poster advertising a concert for Mrs. Coretta Scott King on October 6, 1958: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A poster advertising a concert for Mrs. Coretta Scott King on October 6, 1958. A black-and-white image of Scott King is featured near the top edge of the poster. She is depicted in bust pose, in three-quarters profile looking towards the left edge of the image. She is wearing sleeveless dark dress with a light colored, ruffled neckline. Above the image is black text that reads, [APPEARING IN CONCERT]. Below the image is more black text that reads, [MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING / National Famous Soprano / MR. RALPH SIMPSON, Accompanist / Monday, October 6, 1958 – 800 p.m. / Holt Street Baptist Church / Sponsored by The / MONTGOMERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION / Gen. Adm. $1.00]. There are inscriptions in pencil and black ink on the back of the poster as well as a purple sticky note secured with clear tape.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: October 6, 1958
• Created by: Montgomery Improvement Association, American, founded 1955
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006
• Subject of: Dr. Ralph Ricardo Simpson, American, born 1933
• Subject of: Holt Street Baptist Church, American, founded 1909
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper with pressure-sensitive tape
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
• Place used: Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Classical (Music)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2016.90.5.1
• 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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