Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

371 c   (AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE) A group of 35 press photographs, including images of Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Huey Newton, Ralph Abernathy, and Harry Belafonte; plus protests during the ‘60s and historic views. Silver prints, most of the images measuring approximately 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, many with handwritten caption information or mimeographed caption labels, on verso. 1940s-70s WITH— A group of approximately 16 important photographs related to Martin Luther King, the famous American Civil Rights leader. With images of King receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, leading demonstrations and marches in the American South, receiving a kiss from his wife Coretta Scott King, and approximately 5 images related to his assassination. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, most with typed identifying captions and various date stamps, on verso. 1960s; printed 1960s-80. [1,200/1,800]