Los Angeles: 1969. First Edition. Two long mimeographed sheets, text on rectos and versos. Very good with some normal wear. An uncommon Black Panther newsletter from the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panthers, dealing with the case of Nathaniel Clark, who was killed by his wife following an altercation.....
New York: Committee to Defend the Panther 21, 1970. First Edition. The Panther 21, who were eventually acquitted of plots to carry out rifle attacks on police stations and an education center, had widespread support from varied groups including various church groups, Abbie Hoffman and Leonard Bernstein. Communist Party members.....
Emoryville: Black Panther Party for Self Defence, 1968. First Edition. 23 x 35 inches, linen backed. A particularly nice example, professionally mounted. In one of the Black Panthers’ most iconic images, Minister of Culture Huey Newton sits in a chair with a shotgun and a spear, a pile of spent.....
Black Panther Legal Defense Fund: San Francisco, 1970. Poster, 22-1/2 x 45 inches. Some toning and folds, very good condition overall. Bobby Seale was one of the orignal Chicago 8 or Conspiracy 8, who were charged in connection to the unrest at the 1968 Democratic Convention (see our items 10.....
V.P. 1960s-1970s. Fifty-one photographs, most measuring 3.5 x 5 inches, in hard plastic sleeves, as found. From the estate of Drew Bundini Brown. Generally fine condition with some normal fading to images, with subject identification stickers on sleeves. Drew ‘Bundini’ Brown worked as Muhammad Ali’s cornerman from 1963 onward, after.....
New York: 1963. When construction began on Brooklyn’s Downstate Medical Center in 1963, the construction contracts were mostly awarded to unions that did not include African-American workers. In response, C.O.R.E., the Black Ministers’ Association and others coordinated a series of demonstrations in protest. Over a period of several weeks, many.....
Chicago: 1969. Poster. 24 x 20 inches. Minimal wear, fine condition. An iconic poster protesting the arrest of the Chicago 8 on conspiracy charges relating to the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The group, originally as eight members, consisted of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, founders of the Youth.....
Chicago: 1969. 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Some light toning and edgewear, near fine condition overall. The first example of this poster we have encountered, which shows Judge Julius Hoffman, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and President Richard Nixon. We find no other records, and can only assume it was.....
N.P. 1964-1972. N.p., 1964 and 1972. Two small press photographs measuing 7 1/2 x 2 1/2 and 3 x 4 inches, minimal wear, editorial marks to versos, near fine overall. A scarce pair of period press photographs of Frankie Freeman, including a portrait used at the occasion of her appointment.....
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NP: Associated Press, 1970. First Edition. Press photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches. Minimal wear, very near fine with slightest fading. An uncommon press photograph of students with raised fists in front of the building that was damaged by gunfire during the Jackson State College shootings, which left two students.....
New York: Pix Incorporated, 1965. Double weight silver gelatin photographs, 6 ⅞ x 9 ⅞.. With Pix stamps on versos, crediting the images to Ernest Reshovsky. One image with a small section of loss, other with some edgewear, overall very good to near fine with fine contrast. A pair of.....
N.P. 1972. . Poster measuring 14 x 22 inches. Some marks, a closed tear with tape repair edgewear and creasing, very good minus overall. After John Conyers’ efforts to create a national holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. failed in congress days following his assassination, the first celebrations of Martin.....
Durham: Malcolm X Liberation University, 1969. Double sided handbill measuring 8.5 x 14 inches. Flattened folds, with dark areas of soiling in places (does not affect the text). Separations and a few small tears are present at folds where folds created weakness. Small section of tape reinforcement to folds. Very.....
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Washington: 1963. Felt pennant measuring 11 ½ x 23 inches. A particularly fine example, with two small chips to white felt at border and slightest rubbing to the “f” in “for all,” else fine. A striking, large and apparently unrecorded pennant from the 1963 March on Washington, with Lincoln’s profile.....
Washington: 1963. First Edition. Paper pennant measuring 10 1/16 × 16 7/16 inches. Tip detached and toned but easily restorable, some wear and small amount of loss at shortest side, very good minus condition overall. One of only a few known copies of this American flag-themed pennant from the March.....
New York: NAACP, 1959. Poster on heavy card stock, 13 x 10 inches. Some foxing to edges, near fine condition overall. In 1959, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, the NAACP coordinated a group of celebrations in churches throughout the country to celebrate.....
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United Press Telephoto, 1956. A particularly well-preserved period press photograph of Rosa Parks and her attorney, Charles Langford, after her arrest on February 22, 1956 on boycotting charges relating to her role in the eleven week boycott. She was one of 115 people indicted on charges relating to the boycott.....
Richmond, Virginia, and Milton, Massachusetts: 1960s-1970s. Various formats, generally near fine with light normal wear. Throughout his career, Martin Luther King, Jr. had to defend himself repeatedly over allegations of Communist-related activities and sympathies. His associations with several alleged communistes led the FBI to open an investigation in 1962, and.....
Boston: Ad Hoc Committee for December 14, 1974. Printed poster, 17 x 11 inches, folded. Somelight wear, crease to center, ownership marks to verso, very good plus condition overall. With the ownership stamp of J. Wesley Miller, with “J.W. Miller - duplicate” written in ink. Federal District Judge W. Arthur.....
Oakland: 1971. Press photographs measuring 11 x 7 ½ inches. Some fading and foxing, editorial marks to versos, very good condition overall. A pair of photographs taken at an event commemorating the death of Malcolm X at Oakland’s McClymends High School on May 19, 1971. The event was covered by.....
Globe Poster Company: Baltimore, 1964. Poster on heavy card stock, 22 x 35 ¼ inches. Small stain, some wear to edges, tear to corner, general wear, but still bright and very good overall. The Anne Arundel County Laymen’s Corps was founded in 1962 with the goal of registering 5,000 African-Americans.....
San Francisco: 1968. Fourteen silver gelatin prints measuring 8 x 10 to 6 x 8 inches, mounted on grey 20 x 16 inch artist’s board. All initialed “J.P. / 68” on board. Some wear to boards, photographs generally fine with fine contrast. An evocative series of portraits likely taken in.....
San Francisco: 1906. Thirty-one silver gelatin prints, measuring 4 x 3 inches, with four accompanying sheets measuring 8 x 5 ½ inches identifying the images. Also included is the original envelope to an illegible recipient, or possibly crediting the images. Fading to images else about fine, very good minus overall.....
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg and Co., 1876. 8vo, finely bound in ornate polished calf with all edges gilt, 258 pp. A finely bound copy of one of Miller’s best-known works, bound in perhaps early 20th century fine polished calf. Affixed to the preliminary page is an effusive letter from Miller written.....
Mostly Texas: 1930s-1940s. Twenty eight photographs, twenty of which are 8 x 10, the others 5 x 7 ½. Some light wear, near fine overall. We find scant information on W.I. Grieve, an aerial photographer who worked in Texas and the surrounding states in the late 1930s for the Kargl.....