Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

Sale 2697 - Lot 118

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) 24 press photos of various marches and demonstrations across the country. Wire photos, 8 x 10 inches or smaller, most with Associated Press captions in negative; various typed captions and other markings on verso; a few with retouching, generally minimal wear. Various places, 1961-1970

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3 show protests in Albany, Georgia in 1961 and 1962. One shows hundreds of sign-wielding marchers at the 28 August 1963 March on Washington (illustrated). Also represented are a 1964 prayer vigil at the White House; a 1964 march on Camden, Alabama (contemporary to the Selma marches); 3 from protests in Bogalusa, Louisiana in April 1964; marchers in Pittsburgh with the "Black Coalition" flag in 1969; and much more.