(KING MARTIN LUTHER) We Shall Overcome 1929 1968 Doctor Mart

Sale 2503 - Lot 294

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(KING, MARTIN LUTHER.) We Shall Overcome, 1929-1968, Doctor Martin Luther King. Illustrated felt banner, 18 1/4 x 12 inches, with tassel mounted to top edge; minimal wear. [Chicago]: American Negro Opinion Service, circa 1968

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The American Negro Opinion Service was in existence by 1962, and was still going in 1980. From at least 1964 to 1973, it was led by a Chicago private detective and disabled former policeman named Jesse J. Glass (1919-2010), who said "the service supplies information on important law enforcement matters to whoever might use it" (Chicago Tribune, 7 April 1973). They undertook a survey in 1964 of racial bias in Chicago arrest patterns (Tribune, 30 January 1964), and staged numerous events. This banner may have been produced for a King memorial event.