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Group of Eleven Press Photographs of Civil Rights Protests from 1966 to 1968. ...
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Description
Group of Eleven Press Photographs of Civil Rights Protests from 1966 to 1968. The collection of eleven black-and-white press photographs of various sizes (5" x 7" to 6.5" x 8.5") chronicling the activities of Civil Rights protests in the United States, London and Kinshasa from 1966 to 1968. Most with Associated Press Wire Photo backstamps. Several contain printed text labels in Dutch affixed to the verso. The images feature Ralph D. Anthony, Father James Groppi, Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown, and international civil rights organizations. Examples include:Five photographs of H. Rap Brown (now Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin). Three are dated July 26 and 27, 1967 from Washington, D.C., following his release on bail after the Cambridge riot incident where Brown was charged for inciting a riot. Two additional photographs of Brown are from demonstrations in Detroit in 1967 and New York in 1969.
One photograph from a demonstration against apartheid outside the Marlborough House in London following Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd's assassination on September 6, 1966.
One photograph from an Anti-Portugal Demonstration outside the Portuguese Embassy in Kinshasa on September 28, 1966 by Members of the National Young Pioneers. Visible in the image are protest signs which read, in part [English translation]: "Down with Portugal / Down with Salazar / Salazar equals Verwoerd."
One photograph of Father James Groppi at a protest against racial segregation on February 19, 1966, with another related picture of an all-white counter-protest against Groppi in Milwaukee on September 14, 1967. In the latter, the men carry an effigy of Groppi on a stretcher with a sign that reads "A Good Groppi / is / a / dead Groopi."
One photograph from the Poor People's March on Washington's southern leg as they protested in Atlanta on May 10, 1968. Their sign reads, "I'm on my way! / Poor Peoples March on Washington / Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy." The final photograph is of Ralph D. Abernathy demonstrating outside of the White House on April 26, 1968. He was protesting a government cut to college education funding for poorer African American families. His sign reads, "If we cut / one child, / who / chooses / ?"
Condition: Lightly soiling to verso of three. One with ink notations on verso. One has a 1.75" open tear along the top margin with some paper loss.
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2022 October 19 Historic African Americana Signature® Auction #6248 (go to Auction Home page)
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