Mar 25, 2021 - Sale 2562

Sale 2562 - Lot 166

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of 4 items from the March on Washington. Various sizes and conditions. New York and np, 1963

Additional Details

"An Appeal to You . . . to Join us on Wed. Augu. 28th to March on Washington." Printed handbill, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, in blue on white paper, signed in type by Cleveland Robinson and Bayard Rustin; minimal wear. A call to join the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, framed as an appeal from James Farmer, Martin Luther King, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. It lays out the demands of the marchers and assures that "in your community, groups are mobilizing for the March." New York: National Office, March on Washington, 28 August 1963.

"Mathew Ahmann . . . Appeal to You to March on Washington." Smaller printed handbill, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, in black on cream paper; horizontal folds, minimal wear. A smaller version of the preceding flier, targeted to New York attendees, with information on bus reservations. 4 more names are added to the appeal with Dr. King, John Lewis, et al, including white labor leader Walter Reuther and Rabbi Joachim Prinz. New York: National Office, March on Washington, 28 August 1963.

"March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom! August 28th." Bumper sticker, 4 x 16 inches, in blue on white glossy paper; adhesive remnants on verso, vertical fold and minor wear.

"March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom" pinback button, 2 1/4 inches round; minor wear. New York: Allied Printing Trades Council, 28 August 1963.