1956 Montgomery, Alabama civil rights movement...

DAILY WORKER, New York, Feb. 27, 1956

* Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
* Civil Rights movement leaders arrested 
* Reverend Adam Clayton Powell speaks out 

This publication, The Worker, represents the official voice and ideological "mouthpiece" of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold War.

The front page has a headline that reads: "Prayers, Rallies To Back Rights Fight in Alabama" (see images)

 Original physical issues of The Worker from the 1950s are exceptionally rare today becuse the political climate of the McCarthy era compelled many subscribers to destroy their copies to avoid FBI surveillance and the professional ruin associated with possessing "subversive" communist literature.

Complete with 8 pages, a little margin wear, otherwise very nice.

background: On February 26, 1956, Reverend Adam Clayton Powell Jr. mobilized the Black community by proclaiming a "National Deliverance Day" of prayer and protest, a strategic move designed to provide spiritual and financial reinforcements to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. From the pulpit of Abyssinian Baptist Church, Powell called upon millions of African Americans across the country to observe a moment of prayer at noon and to donate at least one day’s bus fare to the Montgomery Improvement Association, effectively turning Northern pocketbooks into a weapon against Southern Jim Crow laws. This wasn't merely a religious observance; it was a high-stakes political maneuver that challenged the Eisenhower administration to intervene after the mass arrest of 115 civil rights leaders in Alabama. By linking the grassroots struggle in the South with the legislative power of the North, Powell cemented his role as the movement’s national megaphone, proving that the fight for civil rights could be synchronized into a unified, nationwide front.