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

172 FREEDOM SUMMER 172 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Sugarman, Tracy. Group of original illustration art from his book “Stranger at the Gates, a Summer in Mississippi.” 9 original ink, pencil and wash drawings, various sizes; with 10 printed pieces from the same project, up to 19 inches in length; minor wear. [Mississippi, 1964-66] [1,000/1,500] Tracy Sugarman (1921-2013) was well into his career as a book illustrator in 1964 when he went south to Mississippi as a Freedom Summer activist, helping to register African-American voters. He published his memoir of that summer in 1966, enhanced by his illustrations, with a foreword by civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.The book was reprinted in 2014 with an introduction by Congressman John Lewis. Offered here are 9 of Sugarman’s original sketches from the project, apparently done on the spot in Mississippi, with his pencil captions.Among the sketches are a full-length portrait of James Forman wearing his SNCC nametag; an Indianola streetscape; mixed-race discussion groups; fellow white activist Maynard Omerberg, a Los Angeles attorney; and a police cruiser. 7 of them are 16 3 / 4 x 13 1 / 2 inches, ripped from a sketchpad, with small printed labels which apparently indicate their placement in the book. 2 more somewhat smaller sketches are not numbered. Also included are 10 printed art pieces from the original book production: glossy prints on board, a mockup of the title page layout, and more. 173 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) “Mississippi” lynching poster. Poster, 16 1 / 4 x 10 1 / 4 inches; 2 horizontal folds, otherwise minimal wear. Np: [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee], circa 1965 [500/750] Bert Moore and Dooley Morton were lynched near Columbus, Mississippi in 1935, after being accused of harrassing a white woman. This photograph of the gruesome scene by Otis N. Pruitt was then used three decades later by SNCC to emphasize the ongoing civil rights issues in Mississippi. Discussed in Raiford, “Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare: Photography and the African American Freedom Struggle,” page 20.