May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 304

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(MALCOLM X.) Press photograph of Malcolm X issued after his controversial comments on the Kennedy assassination. Wire photograph, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; moderate wear and crop marks, numerous inked stamps and notations on verso. New York, 5 December 1963

Additional Details

The caption reads in part "Suspended by Black Muslim head--Malcolm X Shabazz, above, has been suspended by Elijah Muhammad . . . for statements he made about the assassination of President Kennedy. Malcolm X . . . told a Black Muslim rally last Sunday the assassination was an instance of 'the chickens coming home to roost.'"