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(MARTIN LUTHER KING.) Flier announcing a lecture by Martin Luther King in Puerto Rico. Two-sided flier, 9 x 7 inches, with original portrait of King and English-language text on recto, and more extensive Spanish text on verso; minor foxing and wear. [Puerto Rico], 16 February [1962]
King went to Puerto Rico in February 1962 for a four-day lecture tour sponsored by the Fellowship of Reconciliation and by the Inter-American University in San Germán on 14 and 15 February, which had been the first stop on his tour. This talk, given at another university's theater the following evening, was titled "The Challenge of the New Age," given in English with a Spanish translator. He is credited for organizing sit-ins against segregation using the non-violent techniques of Gandhi.
The portrait bears the printed signature of notable Puerto Rican artist Rafael Tufiño (1922-2008), widely known as "The People's Painter."
