A land for peace, for freedom and early morning joy

n.p.: the author, 1956. Pamphlet. [12p.] booklet, 5.5x8.5 inches, bound with a cord; some toning around the edges, otherwise very good. Brief gift inscription, apparently by the author. A privately mimeographed collection of poems sent to friends for the new year. The preface reads, "1956 - A very important year, but doesn't 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, seem only like yesterday? It seems that those years were very critical years in the fight against the danger of a world war and McCarthyism; that one stage of the battle has ended with 1955, and a new one beginning for Peace and Democracy, and Negro Rights in addition to good poetry. These poems are the best (truncated) I feel I've done and they reflect in part some of our struggles. Many I've omitted because of either quality or space. Some of these poems have been printed in the Los Angeles Tribune, California Eagle, Cross Roads, Pacific Citizen, Auto-Aircraft News, The Labor Herald, Youth Recorder and New Challenge. Here's wishing you a Happy New Year and hope that it will bring forth united struggles by youth, labor, the Negro people and farmers which will reflect itself in many poets of the people." The author, born in California and interned at Poston during the war, went on to become a speech professor. (Inventory #: 307243)