Mar 21, 2024 - Sale 2663

Sale 2663 - Lot 261

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(MARTIN LUTHER KING.) Two photographs of King speaking at civil rights events. Wire photos, each about 9 x 7 inches, captioned in the negative, with inked press library stamps on verso and one later news clipping; minor wear. Various places, 1962 and 1964

Additional Details

"King Still Peeved Over Release From Jail." Toward the end of the Albany movement, King is seen explaining to a congregation that he had been jailed for refusal to pay a fine. Albany, GA, 13 July 1962.

"After Talk With Hoover." King, with aide Andrew Young at his side, discusses his "quite amicable" hour-long discussion with FBI head J. Edgar Hoover. Washington, 1 December 1964.