Mar 24, 2022 - Sale 2598

Sale 2598 - Lot 350

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(POLITICS.) Group of campaign ephemera from the short-lived Freedom Now! Party. 4 items; condition strong. No place, circa 1963-1964

Additional Details

This all-Black party with Communist ties was formed during the 1963 March on Washington. They ran 39 candidates for state and local office in the 1964 elections, but none were elected, and they disbanded soon afterward. We can trace no other material from the party at auction. Included are:


Handbill, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, asking "Important! Why an All Black Freedom Now Party?"

Bumper sticker, 3 1/2 x 15 inches, reading "Support Freedom Now! Party."

Pinback button, just under one inch across, reading "Freedom Now! Party."

Small pin, one inch high, depicting a clenched fist, reading "Freedom Now."