[CIVIL RIGHTS]. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: Lincoln Memorial Program. [Washington, DC], 1963.
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
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Live / Cincinnati
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[CIVIL RIGHTS]. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: Lincoln Memorial Program. [Washington, DC], 1963.
4pp, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. program (light creasing).
A program issued to participants, the front page features the schedule of events including the National Anthem led by Marian Anderson, a Tribute to Negro Women Fighters for Freedom by Mrs. Medgar Evers, remarks by John Lewis, Whitney M. Young, Jr., and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program's interior includes a "Statement by the heads of the ten organizations calling for discipline in connection with the Washington March" and a list of 10 demands. The last page features a map with a route of the march.
RARE, only four other copies have ever sold at auction, OCLC locates 4 copies.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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