Title	Advertisement for a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description	Broadside advertising a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King at the War Memorial Building, a benefit concert by Harry Belafonte and Troupe at the Ryman Auditorium, a meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and an address by Spottswood W. Robinson. The only dates listed are September 27-29.
Historical Note	Martin Luther King, Baptist minister and prominent civil rights activist, was a leader in ending segregation in America in the 1950s & 1960s using peaceful means. Harry Belafonte is a successful Calypso artist and civil rights activist. Spottswood William Robinson III was a faculty member and later dean of Howard University School of Law. He participated in the "Brown v. Board of Education" case and was the first African American appointed Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court.
Date	1961
Place	Nashville (Tenn.)
Publisher	Darden's Printing Co.
Collection Name	Library Broadside Collection
Collection Finding Aid	http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/library-broadside-collection-1814-2010
Education Tags	5.65 US.90 Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Modern United States
Subjects - LCSH	Broadsides King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Belafonte, Harry, 1927- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Subjects - TGM	Broadsides
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	34419
Digital Type	TEXT
Digital Format	TIFF
Media Type	Broadsides Posters
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