Mar 25, 2021 - Sale 2562

Sale 2562 - Lot 169

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Leaflet for the 1963 "March in Cincinnati" inspired by the March on Washington. One sheet, 9 x 6 1/4 inches, on glossy white stock; 2 horizontal folds, minor wear. Cincinnati, OH, 27 October 1963

Additional Details

The leaflet is illustrated with 3 stylized marchers and one voter, and lists support from the local NAACP, Board of Rabbis, AFL-CIO, Catholic Interracial Council, and CORE. None traced in OCLC or at auction.

With--an information packet prepared for the same event, headed "March in Cincinnati . . . Prepared for the delegation from the College of Mt. St. Joseph-on-the-Ohio." 4 mimeograph sheets, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, stapled; moderate toning and soiling to first sheet. Issued for a private Catholic college near Cincinnati, now Mount St. Joseph University, it explains the purpose of the march, the role of public demonstrations, commentary on the success of the Washington march, and numerous quotes from progressive Catholics on the need for inter-racial justice.