Scarce March for Racial Equality Flyer, Washington, 1963

Broadside flyer, "March for Freedom Now", 1p, 5.5" x 8.5", Washington, D.C., June 14, 1963. Lightly toned. In fine condition.

A rare broadside announcement for a civil rights freedom march, organized by the Congress of Racial Equality [CORE], National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to assemble opposite the White House on Friday, June 14, 1963. Six points are highlighted on the flyer, which read in full:

"I. Mr. President - No Federal Funds for Apartheid States

II. Don't Play Politics with Human Rights

III. D.C. Commissioners - 'You See the Need - You Have the Power' Issue Fair Housing Ordinance Now!

IV. We Can't Eat Jim Crow - We Demand Fair Job Rights for All

V. Protect All Citizens Rights of Protest

VI. End Blatant Job Discrimination in the Justice Department".

In a nationally televised address on June 6, 1963, President John F. Kennedy urged the nation to take action toward guaranteeing equal treatment of every American regardless of race. Soon after, Kennedy proposed that Congress consider civil rights legislation that would address voting rights, public accommodations, school desegregation, nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs, and more.

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 12, 1963, just hours after President Kennedy's nationally televised Civil Rights Address, and two days before the March for Freedom, Megar Wiley Evers (1925-1963) was assassinated at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Evers was a civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. He was a decorated U.S. Army combat veteran who had served in World War II, was engaged in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the segregation of public facilities, and expand opportunities for African Americans including the enforcement of voting rights. Evers was awarded the 1963 NAACP Spingarn Medal.

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