(CIVIL RIGHTS SEGREGATION) Colored Men

Sale 2308 - Lot 283

Price Realized: $ 3,840

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

CLASSIC SEGREGATION SIGN (CIVIL RIGHTS--SEGREGATION.) Colored Men. Metal sign, painted black with white lettering; signs of age and abrasion; two holes with old rivets for hanging. Southern United States, circa 1930's-1950's

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A rare survival from the period of forced segregation in the United States. Most of these sign, that were found throughout the segregated South, were destroyed after the Civil Rights acts of the 1960's.