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A March and a Dream Deferred
• January 17, 2022 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, African American History, American left artists, book art, Christopher DeNoon, Civil Rights Movement, donations, FDR, Francis Xavier Luca, library donors, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal era, political art, racism
Tags: 1960s, Asa Philip Randolph (1869-1979), Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, Civil Rights Act (1964), defense industries, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Executive Order 8802, Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), Francis Xavier Luca, Lynd Kendall Ward (1905-1985), March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963), National Voting Rights Act (1965), North Star Shining (book), President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), President Harry Truman, Segregation in the military, Socialists, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, The Messenger (magazine), union organizers