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Selma marches broadsides

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2113

Scope and Contents note

Broadsides were published in support of the Civil Rights marches in Selma, Alabama. One is for a march and rally in New York City in support of a Selma march, and the other broadside is a call for President Lyndon Johnson to use federal troops to protect the marchers in Selma.

Dates

  • 1965

Creator

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (2 broadsides)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Broadsides published by the Harlem Unemployment Center, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Catholic Interracial Council of New York, and Congress of Racial Equality in support of the Civil Rights marches in Selma, Alabama.

Provenance

Purchase from Waiting for Godot Books, 2007

Processed by

Rosanne Rumstay, 2008
Title
Guide to the Selma Marches broadsides
Status
Completed
Author
Jamie Burke
Date
March 2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513