475 . SCARCE BLACK MASK NEWSPAPER BLACK PANTHER LCFO LOWNDES COUNTY ISSUE NO . 1 . 10x13 ”, 4 pg . newspaper . Nov . 1966 issue No . 1 by Ben Morea w / art school manifesto against museum culture , response letter to Seattle anarchist Louise Crowley and reprinted Albert Camus interview from 1957 . Black Panther Party SNCC / Lowndes County Freedom ( LCFO ) full page back cover . Heavy original center fold w / toning and trivial foxing . VF . ( H ) $ 100.00 476 . BLACK POWER COLLECTION OF FIVE CIVIL RIGHTS BUTTONS . 1.25 ” to 1.5 ”. Feature imagery of raised black fist and two black hands shaking in unity , as well as accompanying “ Black Power ” text . Bottom center ( raised fist , no text ) has trivial cello separation along collet at three o ’ clock that does not affect display . Extremely Fine . All others have only minor wear w / high gloss . NM . ( H ) $ 100.00 477 . “ POOR PEOPLE ’ S CAMPAIGN 1968 WASHINGTON , D . C .” RARE CIVIL RIGHTS BUTTON . 1.75 ”. In 1968 SCLC headed by Dr . Martin Luther King was planning a major demonstration in Washington D . C . In the midst of planning King went to Memphis to participate in a sanitation workers strike and was assassinated . The demonstration went on as planned and this button was one of several varieties produced for it . This is the rarest of those varieties and features a horse drawn wagon at center . The left most 1 / 5 of the button has vertical banding as made . Light grey spots blending evenly into the background and one light yellow spot in the white field above the “ I ” in “ Washington ”. Remains structurally sound with full gloss . VG . Rare . ( I ) $ 200.00 478 . CHICANO SACRAMENTO FARM WORKERS POOR PEOPLES CAMPAIGN C . 1968 FLYER . 8.5x14 ”, flyer . Before his death , Martin Luther King invited Chicano leaders Rodolfo “ Corky ” Gonzales and Reies Tijerina to join the 1968 Poor People ’ s March on Washington . It is wildly rare to see material . Titled “ La Campana de los Pobres ”, centerfold features men w / United Farm Workers & National Farm Workers Association ” flags . Very possibly the first time an example has been brought to market . Only light edge wear on this likely never folded brochure . Exc . ( H ) $ 100.00
479 . “ FREE AT LAST ” MEMORIAL MLK 1968 POOR PEOPLE ’ S CAMPAIGN PENNANT . 28 ”, felt pennant . Simple drawn portrait w /“ He Died To Free Us All . Free At Last , Free At Last .” text . Even aging w / edge toning and single tiny hole just above and to the left of portrait . Fine . ( I ) $ 200.00 480 . “ POOR PEOPLE ’ S MARCH ” MLK 1968 CIVIL RIGHTS PENNANT . 23.5 ” flag . Red cotton w / white King memorial portrait and “ We Shall Overcome ” text . As nice as they come . Trivial wrinkling at tip . Exc . ( I ) $ 200.00 481 . MARTIN LUTHER KING “ WE SHALL OVERCOME ” 1968 MEMORIAL BANNER . 12x15.5 ” thick felt . Blank back . Front features goldtone portrait of MLK in center w / his birth and death years . Tassels on top corners . Only light scattered wear . Exc . ( H ) $ 100.00 482 . “ I AM A MAN ” 1968 “ MEMPHIS ” SANITATION WORKERS STRIKE CIVIL RIGHTS POSTER . 22x28 ” on
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stock . Copyright 1968 Emerson Graphics ( San Francisco ). “ Tea lautec litho ” in small print in bottom left corner . Moderate edge , otherwise light handling . Extremely Fine . Will frame to Exc . Following the deaths of two African American sanitation workers due to the city ’ s neglect and unsafe working conditions , 1,300 African American sanitation workers went on strike in protest beginning in mid-February , 1968 . In April , Martin Luther King came to Memphis to speak out in support of the strike , stating : “ We ’ ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end . Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point in Memphis . We ’ ve got to see it through .” King was assassinated the night after this speech . The sanitation workers ultimately negotiated a deal with the city and the strike ended on April 16 , 1968 . A historic civil rights and labor poster . ( L ) $ 1,000.00 483 . ANGELA DAVIS QUARTET OF CIVIL RIGHTS BADGES INC . “ ACTORS AND FILM MAKERS ”. Buttons are 1.75 ” to 2-1 / 8 ”. Badge is 2.25x3.5 ” w / safety pin on reverse . All buttons include phrasing “ Free Angela ”. Center button dated September 25 , 1971 . Each has only minor wear . All are NM . ( H ) $ 100.00 484 . ANGELA DAVIS PETITION FUNDRAISER FLYER EPHEMERA ARCHIVE . 8.5x11 ” to 8.5x14 ”, ten flyers . Includes five NYC dance and event announcements , “ No Extradition ” petition , 1971 Central Park Rally donation bill w / half tone photo , “ George Was Murdered / Danger For Angela ” mimeographed broadside , “ Night Of Stars ” Madison Square Garden ticket order form and single sided promo for Yolande Du Luart ’ s film “ Angela : Portrait Of A Revolutionary ”. Clipped corner to Angela Davis Party flyer and heavy toning bottom one third of George Jackson piece excepted , otherwise only scattered handling wear . VF . ( H ) $ 100.00 485 . “ CLEAVER FOR PRESIDENT ” 1968 PEACE & FREEDOM PARTY POSTER . 16.25x22.5 ” on thin stock . Text at top reads “ A Rule of thumb of Revolutionary politics is that no matter how oppressive the ruling class may be no matter how impossible the task of making Revolution may seem the
means of making that Revolution are always at hand .” Additional text in center reads “ Year Of The Heroic Guerrilla .” Reverse filled w / text of Black Panther rhetoric w / portrait of Cleaver on right side and title at top reading “ The Spirit of the People will be Stronger than the Pig ’ s Technology .” Some faint age toning in bottom left corner . A few scattered creases , most notably in the upper left corner , as well as a few horizontal creases . Otherwise moderate handling from light use . VF . Larry Brokofsky Collection . ( I ) $ 200.00
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