Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

Sale 2697 - Lot 141

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Press release and policy statement of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee. 2 items, each 3 stapled mimeographed pages, 11 x 8¾ inches; minor wear and toning. Los Angeles, CA, 1967-1968

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Press release on Watts Labor Community Action Committee letterhead. Explains that this group was founded early in 1965, before the Watts uprising, "by labor unionists living in the Watts area . . . to put their union skills and organizational experience to work in the community in which they and their families lived." Los Angeles, January 1968.

"Watts Labor Community Action Committee Statement of Policy." Explains the committee's financing and membership, and describes the projects undertaken so far. [Los Angeles], July 1967.

With--"Anarchy: Los Angeles." [64] illustrated pages. Illustrated color wrappers, 10¾ x 8¼ inches, moderate wear. A magazine-style denunciation of the Watts riots. Los Angeles: Kimtex Corporation, 1965.