One way to mark the approaching Martin Luther King Jr. Day is to look at publications that commemora
One way to mark the approaching Martin Luther King Jr. Day is to look at publications that commemorate important moments in our history related to civil rights. A souvenir of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom held on August 28, 1963, recent acquisition for the Brooklyn Museum Library’s collection, elegantly documents the historic march in Washington, DC.We Shall Overcome is a portfolio of text and photo montage illustrations by artist Louis Lo Monaco on themes related to the civil rights struggle. The portfolio includes the facsimile of an introduction by King and others and graphic collages with provocative titles such as A Jail Can Only Hold a Man’s Body - His Mind and Heart Remain Free, The Use of Dogs to Fight Men is an Act of Cowardice - And Only the Users Are Degraded, When Religious and Patriotic Symbols Are Used as a Shield by Hate-Makers, Our Democracy and All it Stands for Becomes a Mockery, The Swastika and the High-Pressure Hose - Instruments of Brutality - Can Never Dampen the Spirits of a Free People and We Shall Overcome! And in the Process Assume the Responsibilities as Well as the Rewards of Citizenship.All very timely titles for the world we live in today. Published by the National Urban League, the small posters from this portfolio were sold to partially defray the cost of the march. There were plenty of buyers as the march brought more than 250,000 demonstrators to Washington, D.C. to attend events held at the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial culminating in a meeting with President John F. Kennedy at the White House.Posted by Deirdre Lawrence -- source link
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