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Lot 255
[MARCH ON WASHINGTON] We Shall Overcome. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963
. New York: National Urban League, [1963]. First edition. Original sleeve with a collage on the cover by Louis LoMonaco. 11 x 9 inches (28 x 23 cm); with introduction, contents leaf and reproductions of five collages by Louis LoMonaco, complete as issued. Minor fraying to edges of wrappers, light wear; together with Final Plans for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963. Organizing manual no. 2. New York: National Office, March on Washington, [1963]. Self wrappers, stapled at spine. 8 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (21 x 12.5 cm); 12 pp. Central mailing fold, and minor dogearing to the first leaf; A railway ticket "Assignment Coupon" for the Newark Freedom Train. Affixed to a Pennsylvania Railroad Company set of instructions for the use of the ticket. Expected wear; and A sheet of instructions for marchers. Newark N.J.: Newark Branch of the N.A.A.C.P., 1963. 11 x 8 1/2 inches (28 x 22 cm); mimeographed sheet, single page. Folded, signs of use.
LoMonaco's portfolio in halftone color reproduced the poster for the March on the cover, and was sold in Washington on the day of the March. It is uncommon, and is one of the great graphic commemorations of the 1963 March on Washington. It is offered here with the materials issued to a Newark participant in the March, including the coupon for the train ticket and travel instructions; marcher instructions; and the final instruction manual for participants, signed in type by Cleveland Robinson and Bayard Rustin. As an ensemble, these materials are rare, and provide a vivid insight into the experience of a marcher at this epochal event.
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