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

181 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Murray, Albert. The Omni-Americans: New Perspectives on Black Experience and American Culture. [7], 227, [1] pages. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, minimal wear; in original dust jacket; signed and inscribed by author on title page, with his initialed cor- rection on page 13. NewYork, [1970] [300/400] First edition of the first book by a distinguished African-American essayist and critic, arguing that “the people of the United States are being misled by misinformation to insist on exaggerating their ethnic differences” (page 3). Inscribed at length on the title page to “Al”, looking back on his work:“I would say that quite a bit has changed during the past twenty years.The costumes have gotten worse, to be sure, but the exercise of polit- ical power has gotten better. I’m afraid that I can claim no direct intellectual influence whatsoever. However I must say that all of those mayors, the new governor of Virginia and the present chairman of the Democratic Party are all consistent with the Omni-Americans I have always had in mind.” On the facing page Murray has listed 14 cities with African-American mayors. Murray also has corrected one typo which must have been annoying him for twenty years, where the national motto is misspelled “E Pluribus Unim” on page 13. 182 182 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Pair of voting rights posters from A. Phillip Randolph Edu- cational Fund. Each 22 x 17 inches, minimal wear. Washington, DC:A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund, circa 1970? [600/900] “Somebody Paid the Price for Your Right: Register / Vote,” featuring an uncredited photograph by Flip Schulke from the 1963 March onWashington. * “Make it Real: Register /Vote.”We trace neither of these posters on OCLC or at auction, though the Library of Congress holds an example of the “Somebody Paid the Price” poster.Another poster from this series with the same “Somebody Paid the Price” title depicts Martin Luther King, suggesting that they were issued after his assassination.