Handbill for a speaking engagement of Rev. Morris H. Tynes on Emmett Till

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A printed handbill advertising a speaking engagement sponsored by the Boston Branch of the NAACP for Rev. Morris H. Tynes, Pastor of Monumental Baptist Church in Chicago, regarding the Emmett Till case at the A.M.E. Zion Church in Boston on Sunday October 9, 1955. The flier is printed in black ink on off-white paper. The top half of the flier reads "Race Hatred Rampant In Mississippi, Rev. Morris H. Tynes, Pastor of Monumental Baptist Church in Chicago, Ill. Speaks on the Emmett Till Case, 14 Year Old Negro Boy and Others Murdered in Mississippi." The bottom half of the flier has the event sponsorship date, time and location information. The verso of the handbill contains pencil and ink notations of people's names and numbers.

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