Mar 29, 2018 - Sale 2471

Sale 2471 - Lot 257

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MALCOLM X.) Malcolm X speaking with teachers and students at Queens College. Photograph, 8 x 8 inches; inked copyright stamp of Three Lions Inc. on verso, mimeograph caption text taped to verso, minimal wear. Queens, NY, [5 May 1960]

Additional Details

Malcolm X was at the college for an NAACP-sponsored event. An issue of Muhammad Speaks is visible on the desk. This is thought to be the first time he was offered a speaking opportunity by the NAACP, a group he often clashed with. See Marable, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.