Handbill advertising a Youth Celebration of Brown v. Board of Education
date: label: Date
content: May 27, 1954
name: label: Created by
content: NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
notes: label: Description
content: Printed handbill advertising a Boston event celebrating the Brown v. The Board of Education decision. The flier consists of black printed text on beige paper, reading: "Youth Celebration of the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation May 17, 1954" and was sponsored by the NAACP Youth Council at the Huntington Street YMCA on Sunday May 27, 1954. There are no marks or inscriptions on the back.
place: label: Place used
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
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: 2012.46.34.6
objectType: label: Type
content: handbills
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 15/16 × 5 1/2 in. (20.2 × 14 cm)