March on washington (3 Ergebnisse)

Broadside (bulletin-board flyer), 11" x 8-1/2". Mimeographed; printed recto-only on standard white bond. Near Fine. Protest flyer, announcing a March on Washington DC to protest unemployment, inflation, military spending, and welfare roll-backs. With reservation blank (unused) at bottom margin.

Leather bound. Zustand: Near fine. Second Printing. Octavo, ix, [1], [110]. Black leather, title in gilt on spine, photograph mounted on front cover. Stated "second printing" on copyright page. All edges gilt, silk endpapers. Book appears unread. Includes numerous photographs from the 1963 March on Washington, which John Lewis helped to organize. Signed by Congressman Lewis on the title page: "To Bill _, With faith and hope. John Lewis. 3-20-14." John Lewis (1940-2020) served in the United States House of Representatives from 1987-2020, representing Georgia's 5th Congressional District. He was a lifelong civil rights activist, helping to organize the March on Washington in 1963, and he led the first of three marches from Selma to Montgomery across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Signed by Congressman John Lewis, This is the Day: The March on Washington, photographed by Leonard Freed. (illustrator). Signed.…

5 vol.: vol. 1: [1] pp. ; vol. 2: [2] pp. ; vol. 3: [2] pp.; vol. 4: [1] pp.; vol. 5: [1] pp.; 5 vol.: vol. 1: 28 x 21.6 cm. ; vol. 2: 27.9 x 21.5 cm. ; vol. 3: 27.8 x 21.6 cm. ; vol. 4: 18.7 x 10.8 cm. ; vol. 5: 27.8 x 21.6 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Collection of five pieces of staple bound March on Washington and March Against Death ephemera, large anti-war protests and accompanying events held in Washington, D.C., November 13 - 16, [1969]. Actions and events included "March Against Death," held November 13 to 16, [1969] which involved "delegations from every state representing American war dead and Vietnam villages destroyed, walking in a 36 hour single file procession from Arlington National Cemetery to the Capitol;" the "March on Washington" a march followed by a rally and folk concert held on Saturday, November 15, [1969]; and "continuing actions sponsored by constituency groups," held November 16, [1969]. Includes two different flyers announcing the March on Washington; a two sided sheet listing organizational endorsements, supporting organizations, and congressional endorsements; a newspaper clipping of an advertisement for Citizens for S-3000 to end the war and a fundraising letter from Dr. Benjamin Spock on "Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee" letterhead dated October 13, 1969. Those planning to be at the march included Dave Dellinger, Coretta King, Dr. Benjamin Spock, George Wald, Arlo Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Richie Havens, Peter, Paul & Mary, Tom Paxton, the cast of "Hair" and others. Very Good. Vol. 1: folded in four with yellowed edges, rusting of staple, holes from a removed staple and light edge-wear including a 2 mm. tear; vol. 2: folded in four, 2 mm. soiling to recto, 1.3 cm. of soiling to verso, 4.8 cm. dog-ear to top right corner of recto with additional light edge-wear; vol. 3: folded in four with light edge-wear and a 18.6 x 11 cm. area of yellowing from contact with the newspaper clipping; vol. 4: yellowed newspaper clipping stapled in half; vol. 5: folded in four with 18.1 x 10.9 cm. of light yellowing from contact with newspaper clipping and light edge-wear.…