Papers relating to the American civil rights movement, circa 1965-1967.

7 items.

English

In English.

From the collection of Peter Spann. Purchased from William Reese Co. on the The Bradford F. and Lila L. Swan Fund, 2009.

Various printed ephemera and documents pertaining to the American civil rights movement. Includes: broadside calling for "Negro voters" to register depicting cartoon of Martin Luther King, Jr., knocking out Governor Wallace in a boxing ring (made by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference) (circa 1965); banquet menu and program from the Citizenship Education Program (1966); flyer advertising weekly meetings at Muhummad's Mosque, Birmingham, Alabama (undated); statement by the Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth, President of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, and Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; memorandum protesting statement by A.G. Gaston regarding voter registration (1966); broadside announcing a "Freedom Rally" at the St. John A.M.E. Church, Birmingham, Alabama (undated); typescript copy of a lecture given by Martin Luther King, Jr., on the topic of "The Future of Integration" (1967).

April 20, 2011

Papers Relating to the American Civil Rights Movement. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Papers Relating to the American Civil Rights Movement. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Printed ephemera.