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Letter from David Willmarth to Representative Emanuel Celler

In this letter to the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Emanuel Celler, Mr. Willmarth defends the marchers’ “constitutional right to come to Washington to impress upon the legislators their feelings.”

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Letter from David Willmarth to Representative Emanuel Celler Regarding the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the Civil Rights Bill, August 26, 1963; Committee on the Judiciary, RG 233, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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