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

239 c   (KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR.) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968. Poster, 28 x 21 1 / 4 inches; minimal wear. Np, undated [600/900] We don’t know who produced this poster, or when, and can trace no other examples. It features a collage of about 20 images from African-American history through the Civil Rights movement, with a portrait of King at the center. 240 240 c   (KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR.) We Shall Overcome, 1929-1968, Doctor Martin Luther King. Illustrated felt banner, 18 1 / 4 x 12 inches, with tassel mounted to top edge; minimal wear. [Chicago]: American Negro Opinion Service, circa 1968 [500/750] The American Negro Opinion Service was in existence by 1962, and was still going in 1980. From at least 1964 to 1973, it was led by a Chicago private detective and disabled former policeman named Jesse J. Glass (1919-2010), who said “the service supplies information on important law enforcement matters to whoever might use it” (Chicago Tribune, 7 April 1973). They under- took a survey in 1964 of racial bias in Chicago arrest patterns (Tribune, 30 January 1964), and staged numerous events. This banner may have been produced for a King memorial event. 239