HISTORIC 1957 MARTIN LUTHER KING CIVIL RIGHTS "PRAYER PILGRIMAGE FOR FREEDOM."
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Winning Bid:
$454.30
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
1.75" w/"Buttons By Emress Specialty Co." and New York City address. Depicting the U.S. Capitol w/text "Prayer Pilgrimage For Freedom/Washington, D.C./May 17, 1957." Button has yellowish tone due to the nature of the cello covering and moderate age toning in background design. Fine. Organized by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin this demonstration, at the Lincoln memorial, was planned for the third anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board of Education. Speakers included Roy Wilkins, Mordecai Johnson and Martin Luther King, the final speaker, addressing for the first time a national audience. He delivered his "Give Us The Ballot" speech setting the agenda for voting rights as a pillar of the struggle for civil rights. After this speech James L. Hicks of the Amsterdam News declared King the "No. 1 Leader Of 16 Million Negroes."
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