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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) They Who Built on the Wall . . . with the Other Hand Held a Weapon. Poster, 17 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches; folds, minimal wear. Cairo, IL: United Front, circa 1969-74
The town of Cairo at the southern tip of Illinois was the scene of more-than-usual racial unrest in the late 1960s. In response to escalating fire-bombings and attacks by the local "White Hat" white supremacists, the United Front was formed in April 1969 as a coalition of African-American religious and militant groups. This unusual partnership is well illustrated in this poster, with a pistol resting on a Bible over a biblical verse. We know of no other United Front material at auction.
