Program from The Riverside Church in New York City: Museum Object and Cultural History
Program from The Riverside Church in New York City: Date: November 18, 1962. Printed by: The Riverside Church, American, founded 1930. Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
Program from The Riverside Church in New York City, dated Sunday, November 18, 1962. The program is off-white paper with black ink. The program is tri-folded and printed on both sides. The church's program that day featured a guest sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr titled "The Dimensions of a Complete Life." The front cover features a black and white illustration of The Riverside Church's bell tower on the left. Text at the top reads “The Riverside Church / INTERDENOMINATIONAL INTERRACIAL INTERNATIONAL / NEW YORK CITY.” In the top center-right is handwritten text that reads, “I shall never / forget this occasion.” The schedule for the Morning Worship is listed inside the program. Dr. King's sermon is listed on an interior page of the program and is circled in blue ink with a red star to the left. The back page has a short biography about Dr. King and address for donations.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: November 18, 1962
- Printed by: The Riverside Church, American, founded 1930
- Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Type: programs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in. (23.5 x 16 cm)
- Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Religion
- Topic: Social reform
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2012.166.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jyl C. Woolfolk
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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