Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

156 156 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) It Must Not Happen Here! Stop Lynch Justice! Handbill, 10 3 / 4 x 7 3 / 4 inches; a bit of wear in upper left corner, two light red pencil marks in text area. Roxbury, MA, 30 October [1949] [300/400] Advertises a “Defend Democracy Meeting” near Boston featuring Communist Party leader Eliz- abeth Gurley Flynn, local white school board candidate Otis Hood, and “National Negro Leader” Pettis Perry, another prominent Com- munist. The text opposes unfair treatment of Communists and African-Americans in the courts, and features a quote from Paul Robeson. None traced in OCLC. 157 157 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Briefing book on the Brown v. Board of Education case, produced while being heard at the Supreme Court. xi, 188 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, minimal wear. [Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953] [1,000/1,500] The landmark anti-segregation case Brown v. Board of Education first came to the Supreme Court in the spring of 1953, but was postponed to the October session because of its complexity. There it was reargued while the justices attempted to develop a consensus against segregation.The case would not be decided until May 1954. Offered here is a briefing book assembled for the reargument. It was published in 1953 per the imprint on the final page. The title as it appears on the front wrapper is “Nos. 1, 2, 4, 8, 10. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1953 . . . Supplemental Brief for the United States on Reargument.”We find 5 copies of this briefing book in OCLC, and none at auction.