“Salute and Support the Heroes of the South”

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

This rally at New York City’s Madison Square Garden was coordinated by A. Philip Randolph, President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Although advertised on this flyer, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was unable to attend. Still, an estimated 20,000 people attended this rally.

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Title: “Salute and Support the Heroes of the South”
Creator: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Subject Keywords: Civil rights demonstrations--New York--New York
Type: document
Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this exhibition are being made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. If you are the rightful copyright holder of an item represented in this exhibition and wishes to have it removed, please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org including proof of ownership and clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
Repository: Amistad Research Center
Extent: 1 p.
Date: 1956
Collection: Eric Steele Wells papers

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