Mar 24, 2022 - Sale 2598

Sale 2598 - Lot 278

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(HISTORY.) Harambee: Your Black Calendar 1971. 12 pages plus front and rear covers on slightly heavier stock. Comb binding, 19 x 14 inches; moderate wear to plastic binding; December sheet coming detached with small hole in image, otherwise minor wear. New York and Washington: Pride Economic Enterprises, 1970

Additional Details

Each month features a black and white illustration, mostly portraits: Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, Jean Point du Sable, Marion Barry, a group portrait of Martin Luther King and others titled "Memorial Day," Medgar and Charles Evers, Gamal Abdel Nasser, "Pride Day," John Coltrane, Muhammad Ali, Nat Turner, and a Kwanzaa scene titled "First Fruits." Most are unattributed, and some are signed "Battle," "Chico," or "Iyvs." Most of the days on the calendar are marked with important historical events. None traced at auction or in OCLC.