"CAPITOL HILL EMPLOYEES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS" 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON BANNER.
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Winning Bid:
$590.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
22x25" overall. Roger Lowenstein (a University of Michigan student) served a Capitol Hill internship the very volatile summer of 1963, during the proposal of the District Action Project (DAP). He wrote his NJ Representative's position paper on the bill which proposed to protect voting rights, desegregate public accommodations including schools and address employment discrimination. In a later newspaper article (included) Lowenstein writes of his exposure to racial inequity in Washington, DC during his time w/outreach programs as formative as any education on Capitol Hill : "I began to become dimly aware of the tremendous pressures on the Southern Negro to carefully plan a day-to-day existence which is second nature to a Northerner". Under this make-do banner, Lowenstein and 100 employees marched from Capitol Hill to join the march at the Washington Monument and onto the Lincoln Memorial where he stood when the words "I Have A Dream" entered the public consciousness. In the same article he describes the banner as "hastily constructed w/two sticks and a rubberized baby sheet". Preserved rolled since w/cracks to make-shift material coating and accompanied by two copies of the newspaper as provenance. VG.
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