Issue of the THE VILLAGE VOICE Newspaper - A Call to the Masses to Participate in a Rally for Civil Rights - Jewish ...

Issue of the THE VILLAGE VOICE Newspaper - A Call to the Masses to Participate in a Rally for Civil Rights - Jewish Organizations Join the Call. August, 1963

Issue of the Newspaper "The Village Voice, " New York, August 22, 1963 - A Large Advertisement Regarding "The Time is Now - Rally for Civil Rights" - Six Days Before the Famous Rally in American History Where Martin Luther King Jr. Delivered His Famous "I Have a Dream" Speech - Jewish Communities and Jewish Organizations Join the Call for the Masses to Attend and Participate in the Rally.

Page 7 of the issue, entirely dedicated to a public call for the masses to participate in the rally. The advertisement was written under the headline:"Rally for CIVIL RIGHTS • WE, the undersigned groups of Lower Manhattan, are calling this Com- munity Civil Rights Rally to support the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. • We support this effort to press for federal action to advance the wel- fare and freedom of all Americans. We commit ourselves to the work community. a living reality everywhere in our community. THE UNITED CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF LOWER MANHATTAN". Afterwards, a long list of organizations appears that are joining the call for the public to attend the rally, including the following Jewish communities and organizations: The Chelsea-Greenwich Village Chapter of the American Jewish Congress, the Brotherhood Council of the Brotherhood Synagogue, the Chelsea-Greenwich Lodge of B'nai B'rith. In the second part of the page, there is a long list of national organizations supporting the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, " including many Jewish business owners.

In June 1963, a civil rights bill was proposed by President John F. Kennedy, addressing the issue of civil rights and black voting rights in the United States. To support the bill, civil rights movement leaders organized a massive support march in Washington, D.C., which was organized by six human rights organizations, whose leaders were also known as "The Big Six." King delivered his speech on August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, " in front of a record number of 250,000 demonstrators. This speech became a defining moment in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States and the struggle of African Americans, and it is considered one of the greatest and most famous speeches in history. A survey conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison crowned the speech as the best speech of the 20th century.

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20 pages. Complete issue. Very good condition.