(MILITARY) Negroes and the War

Sale 2171 - Lot 319

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700

(MILITARY.) Negroes and the War. Group of nine 8x10 "glossy" Office of War Information public relations photographs; stamps and identification on reverse; some very slight wear to the corners of a couple of pieces. Washington, D.C., 1943

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One of these photos, picturing a young African-American boy leaning on his school desk, was the inspiration for a wartime poster "Jim Cow is His Enemy, America''s Enemy, My Enemy" (Cover of Swann Sale 1961, 2003). Offered here with a copy of "The Negro War Worker in San Francisco, a Self-Survey," compiled by African-American sociologist Charles S. Johnson. San Francisco, 1944.