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

163 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Lyon, Danny; photographer. For Food . . . For Freedom. Poster, 14 x 22 inches; vertical center fold, a few short closed edge tears repaired on verso. Atlanta, GA: Lincoln Lithograph Company, circa 1962 [1,000/1,500] Another poster from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee series by Danny Lyon. 164 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Papers of John Langford, one of the United States Marshals who escorted James Meredith. 97 items, various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1962-96 and undated [250/350] In 1962, John F. Langford, Jr. (1924-2002) was one of the white United States Marshals sent to accompany James Meredith as he became the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi.This lot includes a metallic plaque facsimile of the 18 December 1962 letter of thanks Langford received from the attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, noting “how highly I regard your performance at the University of Mis- sissippi. . . .You and your colleagues on the line at Oxford conducted yourselves with good judgement in the face of crisis, with restraint in the face of great provocation, and—as the tragic number of injuries to Deputy Marshals attests—with real courage in the face of great danger.You have made a significant contribution to the attainment of equal rights for all our citizens.”Also included are Langford’s Deputy Marshal armband, a pair of clippings showing a helmeted Langford with Meredith at the campus, and two photographs of John F. Kennedy (apparently at a San Diego State College commencement, June 1963). It also includes buttons and other memorabilia from Langford’s later career with the United States Border Patrol. 163 164