Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 279

Price Realized: $ 594
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(HISTORY.) Pair of Congressional slip bills on African-American history. Each about 10 1/2 x 7 inches, unbound; 1965 piece with punch holes and wear on top edge. Washington, 1911 and 1965
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Two pieces of proposed legislation, printed for the consideration of Congress. "A Bill Providing for the Celebration of the Semicentennial Anniversary of the Act of Emancipation." 5 pages, 6 April 1911. This bill was later passed in April 1912 "A Bill to Provide for the Establishment of the Negro History Museum Commission." 3 pages, 26 August 1965. The first proposed legislation to create a national African-American museum. It was not passed, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture did not open until 2016.