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Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 Riding to Freedom

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09643.11 Author/Creator: Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1961 Pagination: 1 v. : 15 p. : Height: 19.6 cm, Width: 13.6 cm Order a Copy

This pamphlet contains two small essays by the authors. The first essay is titled "Riding to freedom" by Aptheker. This essay is a response to the crackdown on protesters in Alabama. The second essay by Jackson, is titled "What Must be Done," and is a call to support the protesters in the effort in the south.

Aptheker, Herbert, 1915-2003
Jackson, James E., 1915-2007

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