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

227 c   (KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR.) If You Care—Be There! Illinois Rally for Civil Rights. Illustrated leaflet, 8 1 / 2 x 5 1 / 2 inches; minimal foxing. Chicago, 21 June [1964] [500/750] An advertisement for the rally held at Chicago’s Soldier Field, promising speeches by “Rev. Martin Luther King and others,” and illustrated with his portrait. None others traced at auction. 228 c   (KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR.) A civil rights event program signed by Dr. King and his host Fred Shuttlesworth. [32] pages. 4to, original pictorial wrappers, minimal wear except for signs of removal from a scrapbook on the rear wrapper; signed by the choir’s organist Carlton Reese on page 2, and by King, Shuttlesworth and others on page 17. Cincinnati, OH, 27 September 1964 [2,000/3,000] The Rev. Frederick L. Shuttlesworth (1922-2011) was a close colleague of Martin Luther King in the Alabama civil rights movement, and founded the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. He remained active in the movement after relocating to Cincinnati in 1961. Offered here is a program published by his Revelation Baptist Church in Cincinnati, presenting the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir and guest speaker Martin Luther King. It begins with an illustrated introduction from Rev. and Mrs. Shuttlesworth, in which they “take pride in the fact that America is long coming to grips with its conscience” and “rejoice to think of our association with Dr. King and other contemporaries who have persevered in founding a Non-Violent Movement.” It also includes full-page illustrated biographies of the choir and of Dr. King, and numerous illustrated advertisements. At the center fold is the event’s program, signed by King, Shuttlesworth, the organist Carlton Reese, and Jamie Collins—who we have been unable to identify although he signed twice. 227 228