Please note that the exact publication date for this pamphlet is unknown.
In this 1964 pamphlet, Tom Kahn, a protégé of Bayard Rustin, argued that the Civil Rights movement must prioritize economic liberation as a core aspect of comprehensive social change, reflecting their shared vision for addressing deeper systemic inequalities.
Amid legal and political victories for civil rights in the early 1960s, forward-thinking activists like Kahn recognized that true racial equality required economic transformation. Persistent African American unemployment rates double those of whites and entrenched urban poverty revealed discrimination's reach beyond legal segregation. Rooted in democratic socialist principles alights with Rustin's ideology. Kahn advocated for broad economic planning and social democratic policies, influencing efforts like the Freedom Budget and fueling debates over pursuing integration versus fundamental economic reform.
This is a large pamphlet. Available for Download: PDF.
Kahn, Tom. Pamphlet, 1964. “Economic Liberation and Civil Rights.” Princeton University Digital Library. https://dpul.princeton.edu/catalog/f136eac0-a4a1-4ff2-9b56-1bfa5232cb85.
