Mar 24, 2022 - Sale 2598

Sale 2598 - Lot 212

Price Realized: $ 4,000
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Press photo of Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier bailing James Forman and John Lewis out of jail. Wire photo, 7 x 9 inches, with inked newspaper stamp and sticker on verso; Poitier's name circled in ink, minimal wear. New York, 22 March 1966
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James Forman and John Lewis (left), then the leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, had occupied the South African consulate in New York to protest apartheid, and had been arrested for disorderly conduct. Two celebrity supporters, Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier, are shown leaving Criminal Court with them after posting bond.

Even if you knew nothing about the four men involved, you could probably guess which two were internationally famous film stars, and which two were young activists still learning how to handle the camera's gaze.