[AUTOGRAPHS]. A group of 10+ autographs from prominent 20th-century Civil Rights activists including PARKS, JACKSON, MEREDITH, LEWIS, and ABERNATHY.
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[AUTOGRAPHS]. A group of 10+ autographs from prominent 20th-century Civil Rights activists including PARKS, JACKSON, MEREDITH, LEWIS, and ABERNATHY.
PARKS, Rosa (1913-2005). Note card signed ("Rosa Parks"). 5 x 3 in. -- MEREDITH, James (b.1933 ). Harriet Tubman First Day of Issue cover signed ("James Meredith"), 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. -- BOND, Julian (1940-2015). LEWIS, John (1940-2020). HOOKS, Benjamin (1925-2010). GREGORY, Dick (1932-2017). Modern 8 x 10 in. photograph of a 5 x 3 "Drafting the Emancipation Proclamation" woodcut signed ("Julian Bond" "John Lewis" "B Hooks" "Dick Gregory). -- SEALE, Bobby (b.1936 ). Check endorsement signed ("Bobby Seale"). -- ABERNATHY, Ralph (1926-1990). 8 x 10 in. photograph signed ("Ralph David Abernathy"). -- SMITH, Lillian (1897-1966). Typed letter signed ("Lil"). 8 1/2 x 11 in. -- CHAVEZ, Cesar (1927-1993). Photograph signed ("Cesar Chazez"). -- HOOKS, Benjamin (1925-2010). Note card signed "B.L. Hooks"). -- INNIS, Roy (1934-2017). 8 x 10 in. photograph signed ("Roy Innis"). -- JACKSON, Jesse L. (b. 1941 ). 8 x 10 in. photograph signed ("Jesse L. Jackson").
[With:] Two Jesse Jackson campaign buttons: "Keep Hope Alive" and "Jackson Delegate / Atlanta '88."
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