Flyer announcing mass demonstration in New York City sponsored by SNCC and CORE
date: label: Date
content: June 21, 1965
name: label: Created by
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Created by
content: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
label: Subject of
content: Michael Schwerner, American, 1939 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: James Chaney, American, 1943 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Andrew Goodman, American, 1943 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, American, founded 1964
notes: label: Caption
content: This flier, from a collection of documents related to the Boston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), provides insight into the Northern reaction to the violence against African Americans in the American South.
label: Caption
content: On August 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally lynched in Drew, Mississippi. The murder and subsequent acquittal of the perpetrators were catalysts for a new determination among African Americans in the fight for civil rights. Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley said, "The murder of my son has shown me that what happens to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of us all!!!"
label: Caption
content: In the same year, Lamar Smith, a farmer and World War I veteran, was shot and killed on the courthouse steps of Brookhaven, Mississippi, and George W. Lee, a grocery store owner and director of the local NAACP branch, was murdered in Belzoni, Mississippi, both in retaliation for encouraging Blacks to register to vote. The violence shocked the nation and inspired new action in the Civil Rights Movement across the country.
label: Description
content: A flier announcing a mass demonstration in New York City at the FBI Headquarters at 69th Street and 3rd Avenue on June 21st, 1965. The mimeographed flier is printed on one side in black ink, from a handwritten original. At the top is written [A YEAR AGO - / Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman were KILLED in MISSISSIPPI], followed by a paragraph detailing how civil rights workers are being arrested, beaten, jailed and denied medical treatment in Jackson, Mississippi and fifteen members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party were jailed in Washington, DC. Below this is the details of the demonstration [MASS DEMONSTRATION/ MONDAY, JUNE 21st 4:30 - 7:00 pm / FBI office 69th Street & 3rd Avenue / TO DEMAND / 1. Strong federal protection for civil rights workers in the South / 2. Immediate release, without bail, or those in jail now.]. At the lower left is the address for SNCC and at the lower right is the address for CORE. There are no prints, marks, or inscriptions on the back.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Violence
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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: 2012.46.34.27
objectType: label: Type
content: fliers (printed matter)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)