Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 160

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
A DEMOCRATIC APPEAL ON BEHALF OF AMERICA'S NEGROES (CIVIL RIGHTS--KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD.) Three posters from the 1960 presidential campaign. 36x24 inches, printed in red, white and blue; 3-inch diagonal damp-stain [cleanable] to the lower right hand corner of the second and third posters, not affecting the text or images. [Washington D.C.?, 1960]
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The Democratic Party and their candidate ran on a strong civil rights platform during 1959 and 1960. And it was under Kennedy, and later Lyndon Baines Johnson that the most significant civil rights legislation since the Civil War was enacted. The message here is to white voters: "18 Million Negroes Look to You for Justice," etc.