RARE March on Washington 1963 PAMPHLET We Shall Overcome w/ Lo Monaco Artwork for Sale

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RARE March on Washington 1963 PAMPHLET We Shall Overcome w/ Lo Monaco Artwork For Sale

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RARE March on Washington 1963 PAMPHLET We Shall Overcome w/ Lo Monaco Artwork:
$550.00

Very rare original pamphlet, one of 500, that were sold that day, August 23, 1963, in Washington (for $1). Below, I have pasted details about this historic document cribbed from the Henry Ford Foundation. The contents of this pamphlet include an introductory page, with facsimile signatures of Martin Luther King, John Lewis and other noteworthies, a table of contents page, and five reproductions of artwork by Louis Lo Monaco - see below for a description of him and his work.
Condition of this pamphlet is overall quite good. The front cover has a small tear on the lower right side, and the edges have age-appropriate wear. The interior pages are in very good to excellent condition, as is evident from the pictures. Please feel free to write me with questions.
Per the HFF:In August 1963, 250,000 people gathered in the U.S. capital to participate in the “March on Washington.” They gathered to demand effective civil rights legislation, to end racial discrimination and school desegregation, and for fair housing and employment opportunities.

These silkscreen prints, on exhibit inWith Liberty and Justice for Allin Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, belong to a portfolio created by artist Louis Lo Monaco. In partnership with the National Urban League, 500 portfolios were sold for one dollar each as a fundraiser for the March. A pamphlet inside the portfolio’s front pocket anticipated the event would be “a living petition … it will be orderly, but not subservient. It will be proud, but not arrogant. It will be non-violent, but not timid.”

Lo Monaco’s portfolio of five collages “remixed” troubling photographs from Life magazine. They depicted “instruments of brutality” and threats to Democracy: a police attack dog, a firehose turned on a protester, hate symbols, and a Black man imprisoned behind the stripes of the American flag. The portfolio’s introductory text tells us: “This memento … will inspire us to assert man\'s decency and goodness through an understanding of anguish.\"This visual memento remains a powerful and relevant reminder, even today. It mirrors recent imagery of systemic racism and ongoing protests in America—almost 60 years later. It reminds us that every day, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color are unfairly asked to put themselves at risk to simply live within and speak out against a culture of imbalance.