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

283 c   (MILITARY—WORLDWARTWO.) Pvt. Joe Louis says “We’re going to do our part . . . and we’ll win because we’re on God’s side.” Poster, 25 x 18 inches, printed in blue and black; moderate dampstaining and toning, wrinkling, light scuff in image area, mounted on foam board. Np, undated [300/400] Shows boxing great Joe Louis in uniform with his bayonet fixed. He was intimidating enough with just padded gloves.A later issue without the usual 1942 imprint line. 284 c   (MILITARY—WORLDWAR TWO.) The Veterans Justice Committee Testimo- nial Dinner. Photograph, 10 x 20 inches; several vertical folds, minor edge wear. NewYork, 28 February 1947 [400/600] In May 1945, two African-American soldiers in France,Allen Leftridge and Frank Glenn, were killed by a military policeman for speaking with a waitress serving doughnuts at a Red Cross tent. Leftridge’s widow was denied benefits.The next year, theVeterans Justice Committee was formed to address this and other grievances. This dinner was held in honor of the committee’s advisory chairman, LudlowW.Werner, who had taken up their cause as editor of the NewYork Age. Labor leader A. Philip Randolph spoke at the event.We have not yet picked him out in this crowd, which featured many dozens of both black and white faces in support of a good cause. 285 c   (MILITARY—WORLDWARTWO.) Twice a Patriot! Poster, 39 3 / 4 x 27 3 / 4 inches to sight; minimal wear at intersection of folds. Not examined out of frame. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1943 [600/900] A patriotic poster by the War Production Board honoring Private Obie Bartlett, who lost his arm at Pearl Harbor. He is shown here “at work welding in a West Coast shipyard,” with his quote: “Sometimes I feel my job here is as important as the one I had to leave.” 284