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NAACP newsletters, Fort Madison Branch, Fort Madison, Iowa, 1963
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Fact Sheet #2 July, 1963 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & FIRST CLASS CITIZENSHIP NOW[?] WRITE TO YOUR SENATORS Senator Bourke Hickenlooper Senate Office Bldg. Washington 25, D.C. Senator Jack Miller Senate Office Bldg. Washington 25, D.C. Ask that they [ineligible] on record as VOTING FOR CLOTURE (No Filibustering by Dixiecrats!) Ask that they VOTE FOR STRONG, ADEQUATE CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION (Not a Watered-down, Mealy-mouthed Bill!) THEY NEED YOUR VOTE!! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!! LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU STAND TODAY You need them to VOTE in the SENATE for YOU on CIVIL RIGHTS NOW! [hand writing -not sure where it goes] The following organizations are working together for POLITICAL ACTION: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Congress of Racial Quality Southern Christian Leadership Conference Students Non-Violent Coordinating Committee National Urban League Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom * * * * Praise FREEDOM – Sing FREEDOM – Write FREEDOM and do your share to send delegates to Washington, D.C. on August 6-8, 1963 Each State’s Delegates to Visit Congressman to Urge Comprehensive Legislation Now August 28, 1963 “March to Washington” Mass Rally at the Lincoln Memorial to Urge Equal Rights Now Sept. 15-30, 1963 Federal Civil Rights Bill Scheduled for Debate on the Senate Floor CORE, Des Moines, Iowa Fact Sheet Committee, Mrs. Marta Maine University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women’s Archives
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Fact Sheet #2 July, 1963 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & FIRST CLASS CITIZENSHIP NOW[?] WRITE TO YOUR SENATORS Senator Bourke Hickenlooper Senate Office Bldg. Washington 25, D.C. Senator Jack Miller Senate Office Bldg. Washington 25, D.C. Ask that they [ineligible] on record as VOTING FOR CLOTURE (No Filibustering by Dixiecrats!) Ask that they VOTE FOR STRONG, ADEQUATE CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION (Not a Watered-down, Mealy-mouthed Bill!) THEY NEED YOUR VOTE!! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!! LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU STAND TODAY You need them to VOTE in the SENATE for YOU on CIVIL RIGHTS NOW! [hand writing -not sure where it goes] The following organizations are working together for POLITICAL ACTION: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Congress of Racial Quality Southern Christian Leadership Conference Students Non-Violent Coordinating Committee National Urban League Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom * * * * Praise FREEDOM – Sing FREEDOM – Write FREEDOM and do your share to send delegates to Washington, D.C. on August 6-8, 1963 Each State’s Delegates to Visit Congressman to Urge Comprehensive Legislation Now August 28, 1963 “March to Washington” Mass Rally at the Lincoln Memorial to Urge Equal Rights Now Sept. 15-30, 1963 Federal Civil Rights Bill Scheduled for Debate on the Senate Floor CORE, Des Moines, Iowa Fact Sheet Committee, Mrs. Marta Maine University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa Women’s Archives
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