Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 560

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(POLITICS.) HARDING, WARREN G. Equality for All. Black and white composite photographic poster, 18-1/2 x 13 inches, showing Warren Harding in the center, surrounded by eight African American candidates for Senator, Representative and Governor. Matted and framed. Cleveland: Walter L. Brown, 1920
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Eight oval photographic vignettes of African American political candidates from various Ohio counties above a quote from Harding: "I want you to know that I believe in equality before the law. That is one of the guarantees of the American Constitution. You cannot give one right to a white man, and deny the same right to a black man." Senator Harding at Oklahoma City, October 9, 1920. It is ironic that one of the worst race riots in American history would take place in Oklahoma less that a year later.