Flier announcing a public discussion on "Desegregation and the NAACP"
date: label: Date
content: May 4, 1956
name: label: Created by
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers, American, 1897 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: Edward L. Cooper, American, 1904 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Lawrence Graham Brooks, American, 1897 - 1981
notes: label: Description
content: A flier advertising a public discussion on "Desegregation and the NAACP" featuring Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers, Edward L. Cooper and Lawrence G. Brooks on Friday May 4, 1956 at the Quinn Auditorium of the Rindge Tech High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The discussion was sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, Charles Street Form on Social Issues, Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
label: Description
content: The flier is printed in black ink on white paper. At the top is the text [AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC DISCUSSION / "DESEGREGATION / and the N.A.A.C.P."] and then in smaller text [What are the conditions in the South today? / What are the objectives of the N.A.A.C.P.? / What should "Northerners" do - or not do?]. The speakers are listed in bold text at the center of the flier, followed by event time, date, location and sponsors.
label: Description
content: The flier has been folded into thirds, with a return address for the "Committe For a Public Meeting on Desegregation and the N.A.A.C.P." printed at the top right corner of one segment of the verso.
place: label: Place used
content: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.34.10
objectType: label: Type
content: fliers (printed matter)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)