(CIVIL RIGHTS) Final Plans for the March on Washington for J

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Final Plans for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Organizing Manual No. 2. 12 pages, 8¼ x 5 inches, on 3 folding stapled sheets; horizontal fold, minor wear and foxing, an address and phone number written in ink. New York, August 1963

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A detailed logistical manual bearing the names of the march's chairman Cleveland Robinson and deputy director Bayard Rustin. Includes an order form for buttons and leaflets; a summary of "Why We March"; a list of immediate tasks for local organizers to arrange transportation and raise funds ("Sell Buttons"); transportation details; the need for captains aboard each bus and train car who could provide detailed lists of marchers; and what to expect for food and sanitation. Regarding signs and banners, "all slogans carried in this march will be designed exclusively by the National Committee and will be distributed at the Washington Monument." This copy of the manual appears to have been carried on the march; written on the final page is the phone number for the Washington Urban League.

Provenance: Mary Kouzmanoff Freelon (1919-1982), widow of Harlem Renaissance artist Allan Freelon (1895-1960). She participated in the July 1961 CORE Freedom Ride from Nashville to Jackson, MS. Acquired by the consignor at her estate sale at House in the Woods Auction Gallery in Eagle, WI, 1997.