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DETAILS: Original pinback button issued by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)forMartinLuther King's speechat the Illinois Rally For Civil Rights, held at Soldier Field, Chicago onJune 21, 1964.Measures 2 1/4" inches. Rare.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., President and Founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was the priniple speaker accompanied bythe Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, President of the University of Notre Dame.A crowd estimated at over 65,000-75,000 people of diverse walks of life, races, and faiths endured early rain and later sweltering heat in Soldier Field, standing in solidarity of racial equality.
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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Circa 1950-1970
Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in paper items with a particular emphasis on counter culture and civil rights. Ifyou have any items you have questions about, please feel free to contact us. You will be pleased by the friendliness and knowledge of our staff.
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