M is for Mississippi and Murder

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Printed and illustrated seven-page pamphlet created by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to bring attention to the violence and murder erupting in Mississippi starting in 1954 to the fall of 1955. The front cover of the pamphlet has the title featuring three large, upper case M's formatted vertically with the center M in red while the top and bottom M's are grey. There are eight (8) pages total. The interior pages have text titled "Backdrop for Murder" and accented with three bright red checkmarks in front of sections on pages 4 and 5 that list the murder victims Rev. George W. Lee, Lamar Smith, and Emmett Till. The back of the pamphlet has a line drawn map of the delta region of Mississippi. Red dots mark locations where violent events have occurred in the state. There is a stamp in black ink for the Boston branch of the NAACP.

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