Martin Luther King Broadside | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Martin Luther King Broadside

Martin Luther King Broadside | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
"Martin Luther King .... at Communist Training School," a broadside received by Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, while civil rights legislation was being debated in Wisconsin. The image of King at the Highlander Folk school was widely distributed to demonstrate King's left-wing connections. Four people are numbered and named on the broadside: 1. Martin Luther King, 2. Abner W. Berry, 3. Aubrey Williams, 4. Myles Horton. Rosa Parks can also be seen, the woman on the far left, in the front row.
DESCRIPTION
"Martin Luther King .... at Communist Training School," a broadside received by Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, while civil rights legislation was being debated in Wisconsin. The image of King at the Highlander Folk school was widely distributed to demonstrate King's left-wing connections. Four people are numbered and named on the broadside: 1. Martin Luther King, 2. Abner W. Berry, 3. Aubrey Williams, 4. Myles Horton. Rosa Parks can also be seen, the woman on the far left, in the front row.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:94962
Creation Date: 1963
Creator Name:Augusta Courier
City:
County:
State:Tennessee
Collection Name:David R. Obey papers, 1962-2014 (bulk 1969-2010)
Genre:Print
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:Sp Mss BZ Assembly miscellany file
Original Dimensions:8.5 x 11 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Handwritten on the edges of the broadside: "He's dangerous, Rich, fat, sassy & powerful," "He's not non violent." and "Send King & all Riot leaders to Russia or back to Africa."

See Image ID: 52885 for another image taken the same day, with the camera on the left side of the room.

SUBJECTS
Clothing and dress
Dresses
Neckties
Schools
Propaganda
African Americans
Audiences
Civil rights
Race relations

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