Mar 30, 2023 - Sale 2631

Sale 2631 - Lot 281

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(POLITICS.) Fed Up? Vote Communist! Charlene Mitchell for President. Poster, 22 x 16 1/4 inches; two mailing folds, minor wear. New York, [1968]

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In 1968, Charlene Mitchell became the first Black woman to actually make it onto a presidential ballot, as opposed to running for the nomination--and the first Communist candidate for president since 1952. She was on the ballot in two states and got 1075 votes.