[Rarebooks] FS: Lyndon Johnson INSCRIBED to Leo Rosten: "Their cause must be our cause too"

[Charles Agvent]

JOHNSON,  Lyndon  Baines.  THE   ROAD  TO  JUSTICE.  THREE  MAJOR
STATEMENTS  ON  CIVIL RIGHTS. [1965]. First Edition. A pamphlet of  55
pages  in stiff green covers with gilt lettering and illustrated  with
numerous  photographs,  presumably published by the  U.S.  government.
Included  are  "The American Promise," remarks by the  President  to a
Joint  Session of Congress on 15 March 1965; "To Fulfill These Rights,
"  commencement  remarks  by the President at Howard  University  on 4
June  1965;  and  "The Doors Open," remarks by the  President  at  the
Signing  Ceremony of the Voting Rights Bill at the Capitol on 6 August
1965.  At  the top of the contents page, Johnson has written, "To  Leo
Rosten/With  the  hope  you can read it and help me achieve  it,"  and
SIGNED  as  president "Lyndon B. Johnson." Rosten, of course,  is  the
celebrated  author  of  THE JOYS OF YIDDISH, THE  EDUCATION  OF  HYMAN
KAPLAN,  and many other books. The passage of the Civil Rights Act  of
1964  and  the  Voting  Rights Act of  1965  are  certainly  Johnson's
greatest  achievements, though they are often hidden in the shadows of
his  stubborn  and anguished engagement in Vietnam. The  March  speech
was  an especially powerful one. Johnson stated, "Their cause must  be
our  cause  too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is  all
of  us,  who  must  overcome  the  crippling  legacy  of  bigotry  and
injustice,"  and  then  paused  and said,  "And  we  shall  overcome."
Hearing  LBJ  adopt  the  rallying cry of black  protest  as  his  own
brought  Martin Luther King, Jr., watching with his aides, to tears. A
particularly   fine,  authentic  example   signed  as  President  to a
well-known writer with a superb inscription. Fine             $3000.00

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