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

183 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Thomas, Azim; photographer. Group of photographs of activist Al Sharpton. 9 sepia-toned, color, and silver prints, about 8 x 12 inches; photographer’s signatures and copyright dates on verso, two with his printed labels on verso. [NewYork, taken 1999-2001] [1,000/1,500] Images of Sharpton in action at various New York protests and press conferences. He is shown upon his return from the island of Vieques in 2001, after protesting the Army bombing program there; with the parents of Patrick Dorismond, who had been shot by police in 2000; and with Daniel Reyes and Keshon Moore two of the unarmed college students who had been shot by police during a traffic stop in 1999 (illustrated). He is also shown at press conferences with public figures such as Cornel West, Ralph Nader, Johnny Cochran, and CamilleYarbrough.The photographs were taken by AzimThomas, a freelance photographer who documented the period; they have not been published.With a key prepared with the assistance of the photographer. 184 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Thomas, Azim; photographer. Group of photographs of the Amadou Diallo protests. 12 sepia-toned and silver prints, about 8 x 12 inches; photographer’s signatures and copyright dates on verso, some with his printed labels on verso. [NewYork, taken 1999-2000] [1,000/1,500] Amadou Diallo was an unarmed immigrant from Guinea who was shot 19 times by plainclothes policemen in front of his Bronx home on 4 February 1999.These photographs document Diallo’s Harlem funeral (illustrated) and the protests which followed in the Bronx,Wall Street, and the state capital in Albany. Among the attendees were Al Sharpton (shown being arrested at a Wall Street protest), the victim’s father Saikou Diallo, Louis Farrakhan, Winnie Mandela, and more.The photographs were taken by Azim Thomas, a freelance photographer who documented the period; they have not been published.With a key prepared with the assistance of the photographer.