The 100th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation Program with speech by Thurgood Marshall and President Kennedy.- 1962

[Civil Rights] Emancipation Centennial. Washington, D.C.: The Lincoln Memorial. September 22, 1962. Cream wrappers with brown text and illustration of the Lincoln Memorial on the cover and inner frontispiece. 4 pages. 8vo. Sponsored by the U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia and several other organizations. The two-page center spread lists the contributors and speakers which began with a "Call to Order" from Allan Nevins, "Invocation" by Frederick Brown Harris, the National Anthem sung by Mahalia Jackson, an original poem written for this occasion by Archibald MacLeish, and speeches by Thurgood Marshall, (truncated) and Adlai E. Stevenson, and president John F. Kennedy. . Program Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation In overall very good condition. (Inventory #: 21022)