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Sale 121
Lot 86
Civil Rights Collection: Sweeping History of 95 Signed Pieces, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, More+. Impressive collection of 95 signed pieces, a combination of photographs, letters, covers and cut signatures all pertaining to Black Civil Rights History on both sides of the aisle. Included in the collection is a 1.) Multiple pieces signed by Coretta Scott King including a wonderful family portrait B&W photo signed, two TLS, signed tribute stamps, a signed program honoring Vernon Jordan 3.) Two typed letters signed on Tuskegee Institute letter head by Booker T. Washington, one letter trimmed at bottom presumably for framing, the other the addressee was clipped otherwise very fine. 4.) Three (3) signed pieces by Thurgood Marshall, one 5¼ x 3¼ photo lifted from text book, one cover and one 3 x 5" card, 5.) full page glossy magazine portrait signed Rev. Ralph Abernathy 6.) Newsweek cover from 1975 signed and inscribed by Vernon Jordan 7) three photos signed and one TLS by Senator Edward Brooke, 8.) Four signed pieces by Attorney General Herbert Brownell who was very instrumental in the Civil Rights Act of 1957 including signed Time Magazine cover and signed several photos with in the article
9.) 12 signed pieces by Rosa Parks Six First Day Issue Covers postmarked in Atlanta where she signs her name and adds "Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott Dec. 5, 1955 to Dec. 21, 1956" on all six. These covers are then co-signed by Martin Luther King Sr. Parks has also signed a full page B&W People Magazine portrait and individually signed very famous photos of her clipped from magazines during her boycott. 10) There are 6 signed pieces by A. Philip Randolph early labor unionist (Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and very respected activist, 11.) Signed 5 x 7" photo and two TLS on UN stationery by Ralph Bunche the first African American to win Nobel Peace Prize. 12) Carl B. Stokes, one of the first black mayors of a major city (Cleveland) signing two covers. 13.) Two signed photos by Roy Wikins 14.) Two autographs on card stock signed by Rev. Al Sharpton 15.) Two superb signed and inscribed color photos of Jessie Jackson from 1984 16.) TLS by Andrew Young 17.) TLS by Barbara Jordan and several more politicos. 18.) Signed 3 x 5" card by Arthur Ashe, tennis great. 19.) Ten individually signed pieces by Martin Luther King Sr. including three with Jimmy Carter. 20.) Rare clipped signature of famed abolitionists Henry Ward Beecher and two signed autographs by Lloyd Garrison 2 x 3½.
A collection involving America's Civil Rights Movement would not be complete without noting those virulently if not violently opposed. Offered are signed pieces by politicians and notables whose actions and public speaking sought to upend Civil Rights in America. 21.) Five typed letters signed all on FBI letter head by J. Edgar Hoover 22.) Two inscribed and signed color photos by George Wallace and two other pieces, notorious segregationist. 23.) One TLS, one signed cover and signed portrait by Strom Thurmond paired with signed photo of Sen. Herman Talmadge another staunch opponent to Civil Rights. 24.) B&W signed portrait by Orval Faubus and a signed appointment as Governor of Arkansas, the repellent racist ordering police and dogs to halt black students into schools.
25.) A vintage original registration for Citizenship in the Invisible Empire Women of the Ku Klux Klan from 1910 near mint condition. 26.) Finally we end with James Earl Ray, racist criminal charged with the murder of Martin Luther King, which decades later his guilt has become clouded, beginning with never having a murder trial, and many other issues raised that include many of King's immediate family. Included is one handwritten letter alluding to his wait for being granted a trial after recanting his guilty plea as well as mentioning he can't maintain correspondence due to working with lawyer on his prison escape trial. He did sign a small photo of him clipped from a magazine which is rare. The second letter typed and signed is to a woman that sent him photos to sign which he declines but did sign a cover and then curiously discussing weight loss. He also mentions he cannot maintain correspondence.
All pieces in the collection are in very fine to excellent condition. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP
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