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

236 c   (KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR.) Honor King: End Racism. Black and white placard, 21 1 / 2 x 14 inches; missing a 3 x 5-inch section from the bottom left corner with some loss to text, tack holes in corners, crude 1 / 2 -inch hole in upper margin, moderate staining and soiling suggesting use. Memphis, TN: Allied Printing Trades Council, [8 April 1968] [8,000/12,000] Another example of the Memphis placard from the march held four days after the assassination, this one quite worn. Provenance: the sister of the consignor, who is believed to have worn the placard at the march. At the time, she was a student at University of Tennessee at Memphis, pursuing a master’s degree in social work.