Description
Signed by Civil Rights activist John Lewis, the 2013 Time Magazine special issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Includes an article by Lewis titled “Memories of the March on Washington.”
Measures 7.75″ x 10.5″. Original wraps, cover depicting Martin Luther King Jr. as photographed by Dan Budnik. The August 26 – September 2, 2013 issue, stated on copyright page. Near fine condition with small points of wear along edges of covers.
Signed by Representative John Lewis in blue Sharpie on the front cover.
Includes a certificate of authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services.
John Lewis (1940-2020) was a lifelong civil rights activist. In 1963, as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Lewis gave a speech from the Lincoln Memorial before King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Lewis also led the first of three marches from Selma to Montgomery across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965. Lewis served in the United States House of Representatives from 1987-2020, representing Georgia’s 5th Congressional District. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.
