david dellinger bayard rustin (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. New York: Liberation, 1956. First Edition; single issue. Quarto; illustrated stapled wrappers; 19pp. Black and white illustrations. Mild edgewear; a few smudges; brief dampstaining to front cover; Very Good. Rare inaugural issue of this influential pacifist periodical, particularly notable for its strong representation throughout the heart of the Civil Rights struggle. Liberation would, in the following issue, go on to publish Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s article "Our Struggle," his first appearance in print following his dissertation the year prior. This issue notes that Bayard Rustin was, at time of printing, in Montgomery Alabama and would report on the non-violent resistance taking place there. This issue features a more international perspective, with works by human rights advocate and Gandhi's spiritual successor Vinoba Bhave as well as Russian political activist Pitirim Sorokin. In the editors' introduction they note the decline of independent radicalism and lament, "Anxiety and apprehension have invaded the air we breathe," and spur their readers to "fresh thinking" and "action now." We locate no copies of Liberation published before 1965 in retail at time of this writing.

Apparently a complete run in 47 issues. Vol. 1 #1-17, vol. 2 #1-18, and vol. 3 #1-12. Tabloid format. Very Good, paper toned, generally with neat horizontal fold crease; a few issues with closed edge tears or a split beginning along the fold. Tiny pencil marks to front wraps, easily erased. Rare. An American anarcho-pacifist newsletter that did not shy away from controversy. It stuck up for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg when even many on the Left were cowed, covered global events as well as the burgeoning Civil Rights movement, Catholic anarchism, and (perhaps most controversially of all) the Puerto Rican nationalist movement, members of which had attempted to assassinate President Harry Truman in 1950 and wounded five lawmakers in a 1954 shooting at the US House chamber. In the final issue, Conrad Lynn and Bayard Rustin contributed pieces on the murder of Emmett Till.