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April 23 : for Martin Luther King and Boston
Title
April 23 : for Martin Luther King and Boston.
Published
[Boston? : Massachusetts Unit of the SCLC?, 1965?]
Physical Description
1 folded sheet ([4] panels) : illustrations, porttraits ; 25 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN 2022 395: Ownership inscription: Greg Ho [Loaing?], April 23, 1865, Valley View, West Newbury, Mass. Manuscript notes in unidentified hand on page [5].
Notes
Program.
Caption title, pages [3] & [4]: Freedom rally.
Dated from internal reference to "that fateful Sunday in Selma" (Bloody Sunday occurred on 3/7/1965 in Selma Ala.).
Includes information on the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, names of the officers of the Massachusetts Unit of the SCLC, the order of events, portraits of the speakers, song lyrics, marching instructions, a "Message from Rev. Virgil A. Wood," and a "Message from Dr. Martin L. King."
Title page illustrated with portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Panels printed on both sides.
This march was intended as a peaceful protest of the slum conditions and discriminatory segregation of African Americans in Boston.
Speakers were Alan Gartner, Ruth Batson, Ralph Abernathy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Variant and related titles
For Martin Luther King and Boston
Freedom rally
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 11, 2022
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Portraits.
Annotations (Provenance) - 20th century.
Programs.
Also listed under
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Massachusetts Unit.
United States Massachusetts Boston.
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