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Handbill advertising a Youth Celebration of Brown v. Board of Education

May 27, 1954

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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Catalog reference: 2012.46.34.6

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