Lot 320
(CIVIL RIGHTS)
Group of 120 prints relating to Civil Rights and Black Power activists and events. With images of Ralph Abernathy, Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Bobby Rush, Stokely Carmichael, Malcolm X, and demonstrations and protests in the South and Northeast.
Silver prints, the images measuring 6x8 to 8x10 inches (15.2x20.3 to 20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, many are wire service photographs with captions on recto, and most with date stamps and caption information, in pencil, on verso. 1961-70s
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
This important group of photographs traces the tumultuous period of Civl Rights activism, with images of protests in Alabama and Mississippi, including the first "Freedom Riders" and Selma-to-Montgomery march, voter registration events, the assassination of Malcolm X, as well as Black Panther actions, and demonstrations in Pennsylvania and NYC.
