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An Appeal to March on Washington
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A printed appeal "to MARCH on WASHINGTON, Wednesday August 28, 1963." Some of the text reads "American faces a crisis...Millions of Negroes are denied freedom...Millions of citizens, black and white, are unemployed..." The appeal is from Mathew Ahmann, Eugene Carson Blake, James Farmer, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, Joachim Prinz, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young. The union "bug" can be seen at the foot. Printed letterpress, black ink on cream paper.
August 1963
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
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Letter from Citizens' Crusade Against Poverty, April 6, 1966
April 6, 1966
Amzie Moore correspondence, 1951-1968.
Farmers, Attention!!!'
1963 - 1965
Council of Federated Organizations general reports, 1963-1965.
Letter from Robert L. Beech to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, June 12, 1964
June 12, 1964
Letter from Robert L. Beech to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, June 12, 1964
Action memo
1963 - 1965
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party general papers, 1963-1965.
