Handbill advertising a Brotherhood Rally featuring T.R.M. Howard

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A printed handbill advertising a "Brotherhood Rally" focusing on the topic "Mississippi and Murder" featuring T.R.M. Howard, President Regional Council of Negro Leadership of Mississippi and President of the Negro Medical Association. The rally, held February 16, 1956, was sponsored by the Harvard Society for Minority Rights and held at Harvard University. The flier is printed in black ink on beige paper. At center is large, bold text reading "MISSISSIPPI AND MURDER." Right above is a small block of text: "On the night of May 7, the Rev. George W. Lee was shot and killed in Belzoni, Mississippi." Just below are two similar blocks of text, the first about the murder of Lamar Smith and the second about Emmett Till. At the bottom is the date, time, and location information for the event. There are no marks or inscriptions on the back.

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