Program for an Evening with Martin Luther King, Jr. at Union Methodist Church
- Created by
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
- Subject of
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Union Methodist Church, American, founded 1796
- Date
- March 23, 1956
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
- Description
- A program for an event with Martin Luther King, Jr. at Union Methodist Church of Boston on March 23, 1956. The event was sponsored by the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and The Interdenominational Ministers' Alliance of Greater Boston for the benefit of the Montgomery Improvement Association of Montgomery, AL. The program is printed in black ink on one sheet of off-white paper folder to produce four pages. The front page, or cover, has the event information, the interior pages have information on Alpha Phi Alpha and the schedule of the evening's program. The fourth and back page has a message titled "The House of Alpha."
- Place depicted
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- souvenir programs
- Topic
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Fraternities
- Interfaith communities
- Methodist
- The Black Church
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.34.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.