Illinois Rally For Civil Rights 1964 Martin Luther King SCLC Soldiers Field 1332 For Sale

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Illinois Rally For Civil Rights 1964 Martin Luther King SCLC Soldiers Field 1332:
$599.00

DETAILS: Original pinback button issued by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)for the Illinois Rally For Civil Rights, Soldier Field, ChicagoJune 21, 1964.Measures 2 1/4\" inches. Rare.

On June 21, 1964, Soldier Field in Chicago played host to the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights. The principle speakers were Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., President and Founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, President of the University of Notre Dame.A crowd estimated of between 65,000-75,000 people of diverse walks of life, races, and faiths endured early rain and later sweltering heat in Soldier Field, standing in solidarity of racial equality.

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Circa 1950-1970

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