One page original handout distributed at a Mass Meeting by the Montgomery Improvement Association in 1956, with details of meeting. At the time Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the president of the Association and gave the opening remarks at this historic gathering. Handout is in excellent condition with small smudge in bottom left hand corner and measures 11 x 8 1/2".

The meeting was held on Monday November 5th 1956 at 7pm at the First Baptist Church. It took place just one month before the end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott's, a topic that was highly discussed during this meeting as can be seen reflected on the program which reads "Transportation Observations" and featured a talk by Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy, the great leader and advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. Abernathy played a pivotal role in the organization of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil-rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. The boycott took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation. Four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested and fined for refusing to yield her bus seat to a white man.

From the Gregory Reed Collection. Gregory Reed was Rosa Parks' lawyer, and consequently had in his possession a number of documents relating to African American history and the Civil Rights movement. Additionally, he represented the family members and Estates of members of various Motown groups, such as the Temptations.