Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

Sale 2697 - Lot 136

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of 28 press photographs of New York City demonstrations, activists, and the 1964 Harlem Riot. Wire photos, 8 x 10 inches or smaller, most with Associated Press captions in negative or UPI caption slips affixed to verso; various agency stamps, typed captions and other markings on verso; generally minimal wear. New York, 1963-1968
Request Condition Report Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

The earliest of these photos shows CORE demonstrators in favor of equality in the building trades, peacefully obstructing the entrance to City Hall in July 1963 (illustrated). 4 show protesters involved in the New York school boycott throughout 1964. 13 are from the week of the Harlem Riot, 16 to 22 July 1964. One shows James Farmer and Bayard Rustin arriving at the site of the World's Fair in April 1964. One shows a large Harlem demonstration in support of the Selma marchers, March 1965. One from 1967 shows a delegation demanding rat control legislation in 1967.

Also in This Catalogue