1963
By: Harry Belafonte
Contributors: Pontifell, Luke Ives; Thornwillow Press
Series: Libretto VII; Libretto (Thornwillow Press) -- 7
Publisher: Thornwillow Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newburgh, NY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
Subjects: Personal narratives; African Americans; Civil rights; History; Civil rights demonstrations; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Other titles: Nineteen Sixty-Three
Work titles: My song
Notes: "Actor, singer, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte offers his recollections of and reflections on the genesis, logistics, and aftermath of the The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legendary "I Have a Dream" speech. This is the seventh edition in our libretti series. Each volume in the Libretto series will appear both in a sewn letterpress wrapper binding and also a limited edition run of 149 leather-bound, hand-numbered copies specially printed on birch paper. This paper version is bound in a special yellow arabesque letterpress wrapper, and is limited to 4810 copies. As an era of electronic books begins, Thornwillow embarks on its libretto series. The series will regularly feature the work of celebrated writers—both established greats and dazzling up-and-comers—of fiction and non-fiction, in both prose and poetry. The Thornwillow Libretto will comprise a growing collection of voices commemorating our times for times to come. Each volume in the Libretto series will appear both in a sewn letterpress wrapper binding and also a special edition run of 150 leather-bound, signed and numbered copies. "--Publisher's website.

"This edition is limited to 4,810 copies ... It was designed & produced under the direction of Luke Ives Pontifell."--Colophon.