Slotin Auction
The African American Experience Collection
February 11, 2024 - 10am EST Day 2 - Lots 405-698
Slotin Auction Feb. 11, 2024 Sunday: 10am EST Lots 405-698
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respectively, take precedence over absentee bids. A successful bid results in a purchase price which is the aggregate total of the final bid, a 25% percent buyer’s premium, together with any taxes due on the item. Slotin Folk Art Auction will contact successful bidders with sales results during the week after the sale. Dealers purchasing for resale must enter appropriate Dealer Resale Number on this form and provide proper documentation. Absentee bidding and Phone bidding is a convenience we offer to our customers who cannot attend in person. Slotin Folk Art Auction will always attempt to purchase designated lots for the lowest possible amount in competition with other bidders, but we cannot be held responsible for errors or failure to bid.
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The African American Experience Collection Day 2 - February 11, 2024 - Sunday - 10am EST Lots 405 - 698 This is Day 2 of a 2-Day Sale Includes objects and ephemera depicting and documenting Slavery, The Civil War, KKK/Lynching, The Civil Rights Movement, Black Power to today’s Media headlines of “Hands Up”/ “Black Lives Matter.” The uniqueness of the Collection is that it is not a "Trophy Collection," but rather a very powerful overview of the true American History that cannot be erased.
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Richard Harris The Collector, The Curator, The Social Historian
Richard Harris, grew up in Rego Park, Queens, NY, where he lived until he moved with his wife, Barbara, to Evanston, IL in 1971. He graduated from Queens College, and found his way to an apprenticeship with an art dealer, which fueled what became Richard’s profession and passion for a lifetime. Unbeknownst to most, but with great ferocity, Richard began to amass, over many decades, a number of different personal collections, pieces from which formed the nucleus of exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center, the Wellcome Museum in London, the Figge Museum in IA, and even the Met, where a few of his most important pieces were displayed. The first exhibition, ‘Morbid Curiosity,’ was at the Chicago Cultural Center, attended by over 138,000 visitors. The second exhibition, ‘Death: A Self Portrait,’ was at the Wellcome Collection in London with an attendance of 136,000 visitors averaging 1,600/day. Additional Collections in his portfolio, included ‘The Cultures of Death,’ and ‘War’ - The Civil War, W.W.l, W.W.ll and the Vietnam War. He also curated the powerful, ‘Holocaust Collection,’ and the “African-American Experience Collection,’ that includes Slavery, Civil War, KKK/Lynching, The Civil Rights Movement, Black Power to the Media headlines of today, “Hands Up”/ “Black Lives Matter.” It is this last collection, ‘The African American Experience,’ that Slotin Auction is honored to present here. In this new era of book bans and white-washing of history, Richard put together this collection to keep us from looking away. Slavery and Jim Crow is an uncomfortable part of our past, but a part of our past nonetheless. Restricting AP courses in African American Studies and limiting classroom discussions because someone might feel ‘uncomfortable’, does not erase what actually happened. Richard passed away peacefully in March of 2023. He curated this collection with scholarship, tenacity, zeal and care and we hope you will appreciate each item for its profound historical significance. It has been a real privilege to bring this collection to auction.
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I shall never forget the difference between those who fought for liberty and those who fought for slavery; between those who fought to save the Republic and those who fought to destroy it. -Frederick Douglass - 1894
405. Antique Life-Size Carved Wood Sculpture of an Enslaved African American in Chains. Carved from a single piece of wood and stained wood with wax. Excellent detail. Masterpiece example. Total height including base is 76.5” h. Base is 21" w x 24” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $3,000-5,000. Buyer responsible for shipping.
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406. Antique Anglo American Abolitionist Society Large Trade Sign. c. 19th century. Not signed. Carved and painted wood with gesso. Shrinkage on base, minor gesso loss otherwise excellent condition. 17.5" w x 21.5” h x 57” h including base. Figure of a kneeling enslaved man. The figure resembles the famous figure created by Josiah Wedgewood depicted on the seal for The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, a British Abolition group formed in 1787, which included the motto, "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $2,000-4,000. Buyer is responsible for shipping.
407. Anglo American Abolition Society Humanity Protection Slave Tag. The Bearer is Protected. Bronze molded metal medallion. 1842. Excellent condition. 3" w x 2” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25 Page 9
408. Wrought Iron Ankle Slave Shackles. c. Civil War Era. Oversized slave shackle with very heavy joints and collar. Nicely aged with patina, excellent condition. 29.5" long. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
409. Anonymous. Charleston Handcuffs. c. 1831. Hand forged metal with key and tag. Excellent condition. 11.5" long. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25
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410. Anonymous. Pair of “Middle-Passage” Slave Shackles. In use late 18th to early 19th century. Hand-forged metal. Original patina, excellent condition. 6" diameter. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45 Of the variety used on board the slaveship during the notorious “Middle-Passage” from the coast of West Africa to the West Indies. The second leg of the “Triangular” slave trade. Smooth dark patina with signs of early encrustation. Coffles like this would be attached to another length of coffle and so on. As many as 20 or 30 captives could be thus strung together for the long march down to the coastland the slave forts, or “factories.” These forts were holding pens whose purpose was to fatten up the slaves who were often in a deplorable state of health from the forced march to the coast.
411. Wrought Iron Slave Collar.
412. Wrought Iron Slave Shackles.
c. late 18th century. Hand-forged metal. Great condition. 14.5" long. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
Hand forged metal. Original condition with rust and patina, otherwise excellent condition. 40" long. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
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413. Manuscript copy of a public notice announcing the capture of a family of runaway slaves. 1821. Granville, Co. Ink on paper. Minor water stains and rough edges, otherwise excellent condition. 9" w x 7.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $400-600. Ship: $45 A rare notice apparently posted by slave owner who has regained his slaves from a slave catcher.
“This is to Certify that I have in my Possession, Three Negroes, Anderson, Lucinda and Her Child . . . which Negroes has absconded from Mecklenburg County, Virginia . . . The said Negroes have been in the possession of William Moody of Virginia. This is therefore to forewarn all persons from trading for said Negroes or Carrying them out of this County as they are my property, and have never been conveyed to said Moody in any way whatsoever. They are further forewarned from trading with said Moody, or his Agent for said Negroes, as they will be delt (sic) by as the law dictate."
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414. Runaway Slave Broadside. White & Black Men Escape Jail Together. Slight toning expected for age otherwise excellent condition. 9.5" x 12". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $6,000-8,000. Ship: $55 "100 Dollars Reward! Broke Jail at Fairfax County, Virginia on Tuesday night, May 2, a white man named James Henry Beach and Henry, a slave the property of A.S. Grigsby." The reverse has a note in a contemporary hand "1854 Mr. Powell for J.M. Beach. Beach, who was confined in jail for felony is about twenty-five years of age, about five feet seven inches high tolerably thick-set, dark eyes, high cheekbones, dark hair and black whiskers curled under his chin. Henry is about five feet ten inches high, about twenty two or twenty three years of age, spare make and black color, but having been confined in jail for some time is some what bleached. No scars or marked recollected. "Henry must have been confined for quite some time to render him a shade or two lighter than when he was incarcerated. Grigsby makes clear he'll pay the 100 dollars for Henry if taken out of the state of Virginia or 25 dollars if taken in the state. A most unusual runaway broadside, for a white and a black fugitive, together. A small note on the rear, Mr. Powell for J.M. Beach, might indicate that Powell, the sheriff had caught up with the white man. Alexander Spottswood Grigsby was a prominent Fairfax County businessman and slave dealer. Offered with the broadside is a manuscript slave-hire document, signed by J.M. Grigsby. Fairfax County, VA, 1854. Page 13
Documents Relating to Maryland African-Americans in Military Service, 1865-68 Post-war discharges and pay documents relating to 7 different soldiers, some or all of them being veterans of the Civil War. Three of the documents are "proof of freedom" certificates, issued to prove that the soldier had enlisted as a freeman, making him eligible for a higher bounty. Includes: discharge and bounty certificate for Morris Countee of the 19th U.S. Colored Troops, 1867 *Discharge, bounty, cover letter, and receipt for Corporal Abraham Lincoln of the 4th U.S. Colored Troops, now of Baltimore, enlisted in 1863, "at the time of enlistment was slave of Thomas G. Welch," 1866 *Bounty, discharge, receipt, and proof of freedom for George Thompson of the 39th U.S. Colored Troops,1867 * Bounty certificate and service certification issued in 1866 to Priscilla Ford, mother of Private Samuel Ford who died of disease with the 19th U.S.Colored Troops in 1864 * Proof of freedom certificate issued to James Glasgow of the 19th U.S. Colored Troops, 1868 * Certificate of service issued for John W. Thomas, 30th U.S. Colored Troops, died at Wilmington, NC, April 1865 * Manuscript proof of freedom issued to Solomon Downes of the 39th U.S. Colored Troops, 1867.
415. Discharge and Bounty Certificate for Morris Countee of the 19th U.S. Colored Troops, 1867. Morris Countee. Enlisted January 10, 1864. Private Company, "I", 19th Regiment. Maryland Bounty States Discharge Issued Brownsville, January 15th,1867. Discharge paper provides additional personal information. Largest is 8.5" x 14". It also misstates Countee's enlistment date as January 10,1863. Records show that 19th Regiment was organized in Maryland from December 25, 1863-January 16, 1864. Slight fading, top left corner missing and creases where it was folded, otherwise great condition. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $30
416. Proof of Freedom Certificate Issued to James Glasgow of the 19th U.S. Colored Troops, 1868. State of Maryland. Proof of Freedom. Issued April 13,1868 to James Glasgow a solider in "A", Company, 19th Regiment usct. Partial separation at the Mid-line otherwise good condition for age. 8.5" x 7". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $10
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417. Bounty Certificate and Service Certification Issued in 1866 to Priscilla Ford, Mother of Private Samuel Ford who died of disease with the 19th U.S.Colored Troops in 1864. State of Maryland Bounty (Charles County MD). March 27, 1867. Priscilla Ford, mother of deceased Samuel Ford, Private, "H" Company, 19th Regiment usct. Enlisted January 13, 1864, died January 11, 1864 (it would appear private Ford enlisted two days after his death.) The matter was cleared up May 21, 1867 in a notification from Maryland Adjunct General stating that Ford died of disease January 24, 1864, 11 days after enrollment (see lot 418). Slight fading, top right hand inch missing from corner, otherwise good condition. 8.5" x 14". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $30
418. State of Maryland. Death Note for Samuel Ford. Signed with an X by Priscilla Ford. From the bounty certificate in the previous lot 417, it would appear private Ford enlisted two days after his death. The matter was cleared up May 21, 1867 in this notification from Maryland Adjunct General stating that Ford died of disease January 24, 1864, 11 days after enrollment May 21,1865. Some fading and a crease where it was folded, otherwise great condition. 5" x 8" Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est.$800-1,200. Ship: $10
“I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are. And we will always stand by the fact that I think the government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people ... It was never meant to be all things to all people. Government doesn’t need to tell you how to live your life. They don’t need to tell you what you can and can’t do. They don’t need to be a part of your life. They need to make sure that you have freedom.” - Presidential Candidate, Nikki Haley - 2023 Response to question about the reason for the Civil War Page 15
419. George Thompson Soldier-Sailor. Maryland State Bounty. Summary of service, March 18, 1867. Enlisted March 22, 1864, three years as Private Company, "B", 39th regiment usct. On April 15, 1864 Thompson was discharged from the Army by reason of transfer to the Navy. Naval discharge. Enlisted April 23, 1864 as a Landsman for three years. He was discharged from the USS Lancaster, March 1867. Papers signed by captain. Included information about his age, past employment, home and physical profile. Proof of Freedom. Issued by the State of Maryland March 20, 1867. The need to possess this document after the way. Some fading and folds otherwise great condition. Largest 8.5" x 14". Prov.: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $35
420. Certificate of Service Issued for John W. Thomas, 30th U.S. Colored Troops, Died at Wilmington, NC, April 1865 State of Maryland, Adjutant General. Death Report. December 29, 1865. John W. Thomas, Company " A", 30th Regiment usct. Died April 27, 1865 at Wilmington, North Carolina of pneumonia. Couple of pin holes, folds and slight fading otherwise good condition. 5" x 7.5". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $10
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421. Manuscript Proof of Freedom Issued to Solomon Downes of the 39th U.S. Colored Troops, 1867. Queen Anne's County, MD. Statement Identifying Former Black Soldier. Before Circuit Court, Queen Anne's County. May 9, 1867, two witness', John and J. L.Goldborough state that Mou Downes served in Company "C", 39th Regiment usct. They further attest that they "know him to be born of free parents." Some toning, top left corner has small hole with attached hand written note, otherwise great condition. 8" x 12.5". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $25
422. Discharge, Bounty, Cover Letter, and Receipt for Corporal Abraham Lincoln of the 4th U.S. Colored Troops, now of Baltimore, enlisted in 1863. "At the time of enlistment was slave of Thomas G. Welch," 1866. Corporal, "Abraham Lincoln," Company "E", 4th Regiment, usct. Discharged by reason of being wounded in action, February 8th, 1866. Discharge signed by Col. and Brevet Samuel Dungar. Corporal Lincoln enlisted July 1863 for 3 years. Age and physical profile included, with place of birth. State of Maryland Bounty October 12, 1866. Payment of $50 Cpl. Lincoln. Letter of transmittal, March 21, 1867. Application for $100 due him by virtue of his enlistment. Empowered by his emancipator, this black man chose to serve under his name. Of the 180,000 colored troops ten or less took up the Presidents name. The Proof of Freedom form required signatures of two respectable persons, usually white males, who knew the applicant. Slight toning and tears where creases are otherwise good condition. 8.5" x 14". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $35
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423. Richard H. Colfax. Evidence Against the Views of the Abolitionists, Consisting of Physical and Moral Proofs, of the Natural Inferiority of the Negroes. 1833. First edition. Thirty three pages. Slight brittle on the wrapping, some toning, and minor loss on edges otherwise very good condition. 5.5" x 8". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-1,500. Ship: $10 New-York: James T.M. Bleakley, 1833. First Edition. Octavo One of the earliest responses to calls for immediate abolition, perhaps inspired by the abolition of slavery in the United Kingdom that same year, using scientific racism to argue for polygenesis, the theory that the different races evolved separately. Citing the studies of German polygenesist anatomist Samuel von Sömmering's studies of the nerve lengths of various races, Colfax concludes that "If their physical organization will continually prevent them from attaining a level with the whites, how unreasonable is it in those enemies of our country, called 'abolitionists,' to unloose within the bosom of this now happy community, a body of /such/ people" (p. 30). Colfax goes on to describe prisons filled to capacity and charities over-taxed should abolition take place. Nothing appears to be known of the author's background, though we find several mentions of a Richard H. Colfax, M.D., secretary of the Ninth Ward Democratic Association in New York in the 1830s. This same Colfax would succumb to consumption in 1841 at the age of twenty-six, placing his age at the time of publication at eighteen. Young as this may be, census records indicate that this was indeed the only adult aged Richard H. Colfax active at the time (assuming he was not writing pseudonymously). After all, one could argue that Colfax’s's bafflement that abolitionists in Massachusetts should care so deeply about slaves in Georgia is a tellingly youthful sentiment. A search of the publisher gives no further clues,this being the only title issued by James T.M. Bleakley, member of the Eighth Ward Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
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424. Accounts of a Slave Ship with Engraved Illustration of Slaves in the Bottom of Ship. 1789. Printed by Matthew Carey. The American Museum or Repository. Toning and wear expected with age, otherwise excellent condition. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $3,000-5,000. Ship: $25
424. Alternate Views
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425. Evidence of the Slave Trade: Petitioners for the Abolition of Slave Trade, 1855. American Reform Tract and Book Society in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. Copyright secured. Includes diagram of slave ship. Etching, aquatint and drypoint. Fair condition. 4.5" w x 7.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-1,500. Ship: $35
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"...Since the condition of slaves is such as I have described, are you surprised at occasional insurrections? You may regret it most deeply; but can you wonder at it...the Poles have shed Russian “blood enough to float our navy;” and we admire and praise them, because they did it in resistance of oppression. Yet they have suffered less than black slaves, all the world over, are suffering...” -Lydia Child
426. Protective Case
426. View with book open
426. Outside Cover - and alternate views inside 426. Lydia Child. An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans. 1833. Book in protective case. Spine is loose, otherwise fair condition. 5" w x 8” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-1,500. Ship: $35
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427. Fredrick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, and American Slave, Written by Himself. 1846. Dublin, 1846.The second Dublin edition;1858 inscription on verso of frontispiece. Portrait frontispiece, 122 pages. Small 8 vo. Modern wine colored calf; reinforcement to the gutter between the title page and frontispiece. ‘To Ossie Davis From Freedomways” 1961 in gilt on the front cover. Davis and his wife, Ruby Dee, were active Civil Rights advocates. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. 5" w x 7.5” h. Est. $1,000-1,500. Ship: $35
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428. Booker T. Washington, N. B. Wood, Fannie Barrier Williams. A New Negro For a New Century: An Accurate and Up-to-Date Record of the Upward Struggles of the Negro Race (Salesman's Sample Copy). American Publishing House Chicago 1900. First Edition. Scarce salesman's copy of this uncommon title, a brief history of the progressive life of the colored people of the United States. "The book was originally published in both a cloth edition as well as a morocco-bound, gilt-edged library edition, profusely illustrated with 61 half-tone engravings made from photographs of African American soldiers, lawyers, doctors, educators, physicians, female writers, and businessmen. Rubbing and wear overall, cloth is dust-soiled and lightly darkened with front hinge starting, otherwise very good condition. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. 5.5" w x 8” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25
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429. William Still. The Underground Railroad, a Record. Portrait frontispiece of Still and numerous additional portraits of other conductors etc. Philadelphia, 1883. First edition of the revised version with the addition of a biography of Still. 780 pages with 64 page biography. Large, thick 4to. Original brick red cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover and spine; boards with beveled edges; some wear and rubbing; inner hinges cracked but firm. 7" w x 9.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $700-1,000. Ship: $35
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430. Printed and Sold by C. Stalker, No 4, Stationers-Court, Ludgate-Street. The Trial of Capitan John Kimber, for the Murder of Two Female Negro Slaves, on Board the Recovery, African Slave Ship. 1792. Unknown print date. Wear expected with age otherwise excellent condition. 5" w x 8.5" h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $35
The Trial of Captain John Kimber, for the Murder of Two Female Negro Slaves, On Board the Recovery, African Slave Ship, 1792. Of several contemporary accounts of this celebrated trial, this, prepared by an anonymous "Student of the Temple," is unquestionably the most biased in favor of the prosecution. It includes a long and excruciatingly detailed transcription of Dowling's testimony regarding the torture allegedly inflicted by Captain Kimber on his captive, a girl of no more than 14 or 15 years, in retaliation for her refusal to eat or exercise: "... he ordered a boy to bring a teakle, one end of which was fastened to the mizen stay, and the other to one of her hands, and by this she was lifted up from the deck, and remained suspended for about five minutes: and during that time, she was bounced up and down, or in other words, lifted up, and let fall again, by the [boy], who had a hold of the teakle...[this repeated with her other hand, each leg, and then both hands]...while she continued hung up...the prisoner [Kimber] lashed her inhumanly with his whip: and when she was let down, he forced her to walk without any assistance down the hatchway: this she was unable to do, having got but two or three steps, when she slipt all the rest of the way." The victim died of her wounds three days later.
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431. Soloman Northup. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of ...a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City 1841 and Rescued in 1853. 7 plates. 336 pages including 2 publisher's ad leaves. Large 12 mo, publisher's cloth. Worn; lacking pages 321-322 (the final leaf before the appendix), coming disbound, moderate wear generally, final leaf detached and worn; early owner's inscriptions on front pastedown. Auburn, NY, 1853. Engraved frontispiece. Bookplate of historian Arthur M. Schlesinger. New York,1855. A narrative recently made into an Oscar-winning film by director Steve McQueen. 5.5" w x 7.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-1,500. Ship: $35 Page 26
432. Henry Clark. Wright. The Self-Abnegationist or The True King and Queen. 1863. Expected toning otherwise excellent condition. 5" w x 7.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-800. Ship: $35
A rare and important early statement of American religious-anarchist thought, as applied to the problems of abolition, women's rights and pacifism. Within Wright's doctrine of self-abnegation, encompassing the belief that "What we do to man we do to God," was an implicit critique of governments as coercive entities interested primarily in their own perpetuation rather than the liberation of individuals under their care, and especially as antithetical to the sincere application of Christian principles.
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433. Chicago Defender. National Edition January - June 1943. Collection of newspapers from that period. Spine is deteriorating, fraying on edges, otherwise good fair condition. 17.5" w x 23.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $75 The Chicago Defender is considered the leading race paper of its day. Each issue is 24pp, and covers national news, sports and commentary very much from the view of the African American. These issues are WWII centered with reports of the Black soldiers. Various dates from January 9, 1943 through June 12, 1843. The Chicago Defender was founded in 1905 by Robert S. Abbott and was once considered the most important newspaper of its kind. Abbott's newspaper reported and campaigned against Jim Crow-era violence and urged blacks in the American South to come north in what became the Great Migration.
Here are a few headlines: January 30, 1943 "Army Hero Wins Silver Star" reports of a Black soldier's feats. April 17, 1943 "Indict Cops in Lynching" from Georgia. May 1, 1943 "Lynch Jury Whitewashes 3" as Mississippi jury acquits 3. “Name Warship For Naval Hero" as ship is named after Black Captain. "Equal Pay Order" balances Blacks pay with Whites pay.
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434. Abraham Lincoln Assassination Issue of the New York Tribune. April 15, 1865. New York Tribune. 8 Pages print on newspaper. Four pages have the columns bordered in black. Assassination coverage appears on page 4: "Highly Important! The President Shot! Secretary Seward Attacked." The final dispatch, from 1:30 a.m., reports that "The President is slowly dying." Staining, creases and wear on edges consistent with age otherwise great condition. 16" w x 21” h one folding sheet; unopened. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
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435. Andersonville Prison Survivors Association. LEST WE FORGET. 45 Star Linen Flag. 1896-1908. Andersonville Prison. Linen. brass grommets; legend stenciled on the white areas between the red stripes. Some bleeding of colors onto the white areas from early dampness; no sign of mildew or any other such dampness damage. 9 ft. 3" w x 6 ft. h. Very large. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $2,000-4,000. Ship: $45
A rare survival. There were 103 black prisoners at Andersonville, a ‘hell-hole’ by all accounts. Sixty-nine survived. The Confederate forces were so incensed about the fact that white officers would have led black soldiers into battle, that they imprisoned two of them at Andersonville, despite the fact that it was supposed to be an enlisted man's prison. Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was known officially, held more prisoners at any given time than any of the other Confederate military prisons. It was built in early 1864 after Confederate officials decided to move the large number of Federal prisoners in and around Richmond to a place of greater security and more abundant food. During the 14 months it existed, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were confined there. Of these, almost 13,000 died from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, overcrowding, or exposure to the elements. There were Senate investigations of the horrors perpetrated at Andersonville after the war, but like the Fort Pillow Massacre and other atrocities, the Confederate officers involved were given little more that a 'slap on the wrist.' Page 30
436. 48 Star National Flag. Fifth Regiment U. S. Colored Troops Survivor Reunion Flag. c. 1915. Columbus, OH. Stenciled in color on muslin. Staining on right side with minor loss, toning and aging consistent with age, otherwise great condition. Image is 24" w x 14” h. Size with frame is 24" w x 19” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-3,000. Ship: $65
A rare g.a.r. survivor's reunion flag for the 5th regiment. The regiment was formed as the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Camp Delaware, Ohio. It was redesignated the 5th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, and moved to Norfolk, Virginia, in November 1863, immediately after three months of organization. It served at Norfolk and Portsmouth in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina until January 1864, during which time the unit participated in Brigadier General Edward A. Wild's expedition to South Mills and Camden Court House, North Carolina, from December 5 to December 24 and in action at Sandy Swamp, North Carolina, on December 8. The 5th subsequently saw action with Wistar's Expedition against Richmond, and participated in the capture of City Point, Virginia, Bailor's Farm, Richmond-Peterburg, and the Battles of Chaffin's Farm, where four soldiers of the 5th received medals of honor. The 5th was mustered out on September 20, 1865 after two years of existence. The regiment lost a total of 249 men during its service; four officers and 77 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and two officers and 166 enlisted men died of disease. Page 31
437. Anonymous. Oh Please Spare Him! c. 1830’s-1840’s. Not signed. Slave being whipped by his master while owner's children attempt to intervene. Oil on canvas. Restretched and relined, possible impainting, otherwise very good condition. 27" w x 34” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $100
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438. Anonymous. Portrait of Young Black Man. c. late 1800's. Oil on gesso covered fiber charger. Paint chips on face, otherwise good to fair condition. 18" diameter. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $55
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439. Alexander H. Ritchie. The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet, Litho. c. 1866. Print engraving on paper backed to linen. Expected aging and foxing on verso, otherwise excellent condition. 40" w x 30” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $100 After Francis B. African American Experience The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet, Abraham Lincoln, 1866. From a fifteen-foot painting done over six months at the White House in 1864, based on interviews with Lincoln and sittings with the cabinet members. The original painting is now in the collection of the United States Senate. Depicted are Edwin M. Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Caleb B. Smith, William H. Seward, Montgomery Blair, and Edward Bates. See Francis Bicknell Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln, 1866.
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440. J. W. Watts and H. W. Herrick. Reading the Emancipation Proclamation. 1864. Steel engraving. Toning and discoloration towards lower bottom, otherwise very good condition. Size with frame is 25.5" w x 22” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-1,000. Ship: $65
441. Anonymous. Compromise With the South if McClellan is President. c. 1864. Wood engraving. Rare example. Complex engraving, an unusual political engraving of the period. Only one other example known. Minor toning and slight darkening of crease otherwise incredible survival condition for age. Size with frame 20" w x 18” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,500-2,500. Ship: $55
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442. David Claypool Johnson. The House that Jeff Built. 1863. Boston. Engraving with wide margins. Small close tear at the bottom right corner, in the margin and not affecting the image and slight toning with foxing, otherwise great condition. 17" w x 12" h. engraving 14.5” w” x 11” (plate impression size). Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $45
Captions begin: "These are the shackles for the slaves that suppose/ Their limbs are their own from head to toes/ and are prone to believe, say all that you can/ That they shouldn't be sold by that thing called a man…”' The vignettes include: 1."House," showing the door to a slave pen. 2. Bales of cotton, "By rebels call'd king" 3. Slaves at work picking cotton,"field-chattels that made cotton king" 4.Slave families despondently awaiting auction. 5. Slave auctioneer, "the thing by some call'd a man." 6. Slave shackles." Page 36
443. Currier and Ives. The First Colored Senator and Representatives In the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States. 1872. Original Lithograph print. Features U.S. Senator H.R. Revels of Mississippi Representatives Robert C. DeLarge (SC), Jefferson H. Long (GA), Benjamin S. Turner (AL), Josiah T. Walls (FL), Joseph H. Rainy (SC), and R. Brown Elliot (SC). Wear and loss on edges and corners, minor toning on edges otherwise great condition. 14" w x 11" h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-800. Ship: $55 The Second American Revolution “All men are created equal,” proclaimed the Declaration of Independence. Nearly a century later, the Fifteenth Amendment redeemed that promise. The right to vote, it stated, could not be denied “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Educated African-Americans provided leadership for freed slaves. In 1870, Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first black member to serve in the House. During Reconstruction, 14 African-Americans held House seats. Eight had been born into slavery, six born free. When federal troops left the South in 1877, Reconstruction ended. So did the era of opportunity. African-Americans gradually disappeared from the House. As Southern states passed “Jim Crow” laws enforcing segregation in the 1890s, African-Americans were barred from the polls and from political office. Page 37
444. Thomas Nast. Patience a Monument: Cincinatti Gazette. c. 1863. Elaborate wood engraving. Paper lightly and evenly toned, otherwise great condition. A rare "supplement" to the Cincinnati Gazette, taken from Thomas Nast's October 10, 1863 engraving that appeared in the pages of Harpers' Weekly. An extraordinary representation of the great evil done to New York's ‘colored’ population during the July Draft Riots. 12" w x 18.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $45
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445. William Tweedie. Leeds Series of Illustrated Anti-Slavery Tracts. c. mid 1850's. Elaborately engraved broadside. Featuring 10 vignettes, all of them representing actual events, such as the famous Henry "Box" Brown incident in which the latter had himself literally shipped to freedom. A large piece such as this was no doubt meant to be put up at sympathetic bookshops and stationers. The entire series of 5 or 10 page tracts came to about 400 pages, and was available bound. Creases where folded; one tiny hole at the intersection of the folds, in a blank area, and minor tear and crease at bottom otherwise great condition. 20" w x 17” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $45
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446. Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Important Events and Dates in Negro History. Copyright 1936. Ink print on paper. Image size is 17" w x 24” h. Size with frame is 20" w xs 27” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
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447. Wil Lai Enterprises. 300 Years of Black History. 1972. Sepia toned poster made from a photographic montage. An unusually creative historical poster, including portraits and vignettes of virtually every important figure in black history for the last few centuries. Everyone from Reverend Richard Allen of the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church to David Walker and his "Appeal"; with images of people one does not usually encounter on such historical posters. Long time Howard University librarian Dorothy Porter, for example; or publisher T. Thomas Fortune, naval hero Dorie Miller, and Thurgood Marshal. Some light wear and slight wrinkle along the edges and bend in top, faint signs of early tape repair to the blank margin. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. 45.5" w x 35” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $200
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448. John Rogers. The Fugitives Story; John G. Whittier, H.W. Beecher, Welloyd Carrison. Plaster "Rogers Group". Patented September 7th, 1865. Nick on back of hair, professionally restored. 15" w x 22” h x 12" d. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Buyer is responsible for shipping.
The Fugitive's Story Examples of John Rogers' civil war groups with an African American themes. John Rogers (1829-1904) produced a number of sculptured scenes like this that were immensely popular with middle class families. Made from plaster rather than bronze, they were affordable and Rogers also gave them a tan surface that didn't show dust. Here we see three of the most famous nineteenth century abolitionists: John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Ward Beecher, and William Lloyd Garrison.They listen intently as a runaway slave woman gives them an account of her escape. She holds her child in the crook of her left arm, his shoeless feet on the desk where Whittier sits. She wears the classic 'turban' common to black women of the South. Wrapped around her and the baby is a tattered shawl; at her feet, a bag with all of her earthly belongings.
449. John Rogers. The Wounded Scout. 1864. Signed in the plaster and dated. Plaster sculpture. (WGS) New York: Rogers Studios. There has been some repair to the lower arm and hand of the scout, otherwise excellent condition. 11" w x 23” h x 8.5" d. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $2,000-4,000. Buyer is responsible for shipping.
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450. John Rogers. Taking the Oath and Drawing Rations. Plaster "Rogers Group". Patented January 30th, 1866. There is some professional repair to hands, virtually imperceptible, left arm of soldier is broken, professionally restored, otherwise fair condition. 13" w x 23.5" h x 8.5" d. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-800. Buyer is responsible for shipping
451. John Rogers. The Camp Fire, Making Friends with the Cook. Plaster "Rogers Group". Patented May 27, 1862 on the base. Professionally restored. 11.5" w x 12” h x 6.5" d. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Buyer is responsible for shipping.
452. John Rogers. Uncle Ned's School. Plaster "Rogers Group". Patented July 3, 1866 on the base. Professionally restored. New York: 1866. 15" w x 20.5” h x 10" d. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Buyer is responsible for shipping. Page 43
453. Segregation Sign. Colored Entrance Only, Atlanta, GA. 1934. Atlanta, Georgia. Paint on wrought iron. Excellent condition. 8" w x 3” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25
454. Segregation Sign. Colored Must Sit In Balcony Grand Theatre Savannah, Georgia. 1931. Paint on wrought iron. Excellent condition. 8" w x 3” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25 Boasting the title of “America's oldest continuously-operating theatre on its original site,” the Savannah Theatre has been hosting performances since 1818. On June 4, 1963, less than 24 hours after the theaters for the first time opened their doors to all patrons equally regardless of race, the Savannah Theater in Savannah, Georgia, announced that they would be restoring segregation policies that barred Black people from attending film screenings after objections from white residents.
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We fell under the leadership of those who would compromise with truth in order to make peace in the present and guide policy in the future. -W.E.B. Du Bois, 1935
455. Segregation Sign. White. c. 1940’s - 1950's. Paint on tin. Wear and oxidation consistent with age otherwise excellent condition. 10" w x 2.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
456. Anonymous Black Americana. Colored Only Segregation Sign. c. early - mid 20th century. Stenciled on rough cut lumber. Excellent condition. 44.5" w x 10” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $65
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457. Lawrence Beitler. Original Silver Gelatin Print of the Double Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, Marion, Indiana, August 7, 1930. Rather warn with 2 inch closed tear at left hand edge affecting image without loss, additional scratches and tiny loss at bottom right hand corners not approaching image. Previous owner has mounted the date from a newspaper clipping August 9, 1930, at the bottom edge, paper remnants to verso from the photograph having been previously mounted in a album. Good overall condition. 7" w x 5" h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,500-2,000. Ship: $25
Arguably the most famous lynching photograph in American history, taken shortly after the deaths by hanging of nineteen year-old Thomas (Tom) Shipp and eighteen-year-old Abram (Abe) Smith. Shipp, Smith, and sixteen-year-old James Cameron were arrested on the night of August 6th, charged with murdering a white man and raping his girlfriend. Within hours a mob of some four thousand citizens stormed the county jail; Shipp was lynched from the window of the jail, then later strung up beside Smith's in the town square. The lynchings took place around nine o'clock in the evening, but Beitler did not take his photograph until sometime after midnight, the crowd of men, women, and children having not yet dispersed from beneath the tree where the men were hanging. Over the next ten days, Beitler printed thousands of copies of this image, sold for fifty cents each; two versions were printed, this the fuller, uncropped state in which the mob is more prominently displayed, with many subjects facing the cameraman. Notable among these are a man (identified as "Bo" in another known copy of the photograph) staring straight into the camera as he points at one of the deadmen behind him; not far to the left a young white couple hold hands, the man smirking into the lens. Mary Ball, the alleged victim, would later testify that she was not, in fact, raped, though evidence shows that Shipp and Smith had indeed shot and killed her boyfriend. Civil rights activists, including the President of the Indiana NAACP, Flossie Bailey, would try to mount an investigation of the lynching, though no one would ever be charged for the murders of Shipp and Smith. Seven years after the event, the Jewish-American songwriter, Abel Meeropol, would see a copy of this photograph and be inspired to write, "Strange Fruit," most famously performed by Billie Holiday in 1939. Images appears on page 31 of James Allen's definitive book on the subject.
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458. Educational Publishing Company. Omaha Riot in Story and Pictures. 1919. First edition. Staple bound pamphlet, printed wrapper with 16 leaves. Light rubbing and a few small nicks to cover, otherwise excellent condition. 7.5" x 5.25. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,500-2,000. Ship: $10 Omaha's Riot in Story & Picture, c. 1919. Quite scarce contemporary account of the 1919 Omaha Race Riots, which, though instigated principally by a mob of high school age boys, resulted in widespread destruction, several deaths, the burning of the brand-new Omaha City Courthouse, and the lynching of a young black man, William Brown, who had been accused of raping a white teenager. The city's mayor was also hanged (though he managed to survive). The current account is unattributed, but has the look and feel of a hastily-produced "souvenir" cobbled together from first-hand newspaper accounts. The text provides a detailed portrayal of events and deals sympathetically with the fate of Willie Brown, the lynching victim, but does not attempt to investigate the larger causes of the conflict, which included very rapid growth in the city's African-American population in the preceding decade and a general climate of racial intolerance throughout the "Red Summer" of 1919.
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Exterior case fabricated from anodized aluminum with a laser etched image; portfolio contained within a custom made envelope Artist’s Statement/ Opening Essay: “It has always been about voting. The threats, the terror, the shootings, the beatings, the intimidation: all are to stop the majority from voting. There are only so many racists, misogynists, right wingers, thugs and greedy bastards – not enough to win fair elections. From the beginning, we have suffered from a Constitution that excluded a majority of the people of the United States. This gave, and still gives, power to those who want to make it hard for Americans to vote and who often want to stay in power by controlling who votes. Today, instead of raw terror, they use its refined cousins: voter photo IDs, voter integrity vendettas, denying the vote to people caught up in the criminal justice system, gerrymandering and outright attempts to buy elections. This is our history. This is the challenge we still face in building democracy. In June 1966, James Meredith set out to walk from the northern most part of Mississippi straight down public road US 40 to Jackson Mississippi, the state capitol, to demonstrate that African Americans should not fear registering to vote and demanding full equality under the law. For the enemies of democracy, Meredith posed a problem. Meredith grew up in enforced segregation where he was denied opportunities for equal education, jobs and even drinking water. Health care and hospitals were segregated. Even walking down the street or going about daily life was risky if he was unwilling to get out of the way simply because he was black. But he had learned to stand up for his rights. Before the first day of Meredith’s march was done, he was shot by a sniper hiding at the side of the road. As with so many others, he was subjected to violence with a wink and a nod from the law, with no police protection, and with all of the power of the state favoring the sniper against the citizen. Attacking those who stood for freedom was common – it got rid of an immediate challenge and sent a message to everyone else considering fairness and justice.This time, however, was different – the sit ins, the Freedom Rides, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and a growing realization by a new generation that we could build a better world, that we could defy injustice and terror, and that we each had the ability to stand for something and stand together. 10,000 people, men and women from all parts of the country, rich, poor, and those in the middle, came to Mississippi to walk with James Meredith, to go to Jackson, to demand the right to vote, to stand up against fear. I was 20 then, and I got there as soon as I could. We were a pretty diverse group. Most of us did not know one another, although some of us had been together on other efforts for equal rights, peace, and justice. What we really shared, what we didn’t talk about much, but what held us together, was the belief that each one of us mattered and could make a difference. Most of us didn’t have a lot, but we did have our lives to shape and mean something. Then we realized we had each other. Each one of us witnessed for justice. All of us together became a movement for justice. I also had a camera. These photographs were made during a three-week period in 1966 as we marched toward Jackson to demand freedom,justice, and equality.After the March, we went back to our work, our homes, and our regular lives. But we knew something about what we could do with our regular lives to make a better world. Many of us worked in the movement to stop the war in Vietnam, on the Poor Peoples Campaign, and many other efforts.The Meredith March was one of hundreds and hundreds of emergencies that shaped our understanding of what it means to speak truth to power. We all realized that it has always been about voting. The power hungry, the greedy, the racists, the misogynists stay in power not because of their ideas, but because they still prevent us from voting. Now in 2012,we can celebrate what we did and remind ourselves how many more miles we have to go before we can rest. Page 48
459. Robert J. Brand. It Has Always Been About Voting: Scenes From the Meredith March, Mississippi, 1966 2012. #12 of 40 sets. 10 Artist Proofs Heartfield Edition. A portfolio of photographs taken in Mississippi during the James Meredith March Against Fear in 1966. All signed and numbered by artist. 22 digitally scanned images. All in excellent condition. Metal box 20.5" w x 16.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $55
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460. Pair of Black and White Silver Print Photos of the 1963 March on Washington, including Martin Luther King and other leaders. c. 1963. Bottom has been torn, otherwise great condition. Average size 9" w x 8” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25
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461. Eleven Black and White Press Wire Photos of the March and Protest in Selma, Alabama 1965. Includes the photo of John Lewis at the point of attack from the police. Excellent condition. Average is 10" w x 8” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-1,000. Ship: $25 Page 51
Registrar Carl Golson shakes a finger at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King inquired about registration procedures but Golson told him “it was none of his business.”
462. Eight Black and White Wire Press Photos of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. c. 1964-66. Excellent condition. Average is 9" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-1,000. Ship: $45 Page 52
463. Verso 463. Pair of Black and White Wire Press Photos of MLK’s Widow, Coretta Scott King. 1968-69. Charleston, SC. Minor loss on edge of funeral photo otherwise great condition. Average size is 8.5" w x 11” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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464. Martin Luther King, Jr. & Ralph David Abernathy Landed In Jail For Pushing Desegregation Drive in Florida Press Wire Photo. c. 1964. Excellent condition. 9" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-1,000. Ship: $45
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465. Three Black and White Wire Press Photos of 1966 San Francisco Riot Photos. Excellent condition. Average size is 9" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
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466. Eight Black and White Press Wire Photos and Silver Prints of Peaceful and Violent Outbreak Protests in Georgia. c. 1960-66. Excellent condition. Average size is 10" w x 8” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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467. Ten Wire Press Photos of Alabama Demonstrations and Segregation. c. 1963-65. Excellent condition. Average size is 8" w x 10” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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468. Black and White Press Wire Photos and Silver Prints of Segregation and Civil Rights Workers from Mississippi. c. 1961-64. Excellent condition. Average size 10" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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469. Five Black and White Wire Press Photos of Civil Disobedience and Protest from Florida. Excellent condition. Average size 9" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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470. Three Black and White Press Wire Photos and Silver Prints Showing Protests in Tennessee. c. 1956-1964. Excellent condition. Average size is 9" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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471. Four Black and White Press Photos of Student Integration and Protest from Arkansas. c. 1957-1966. Excellent condition. Average size is 9" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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472. Seven Black and White Press Wire Photos Depicting Segregation Scenes from Louisiana. c. 1963-65. Excellent condition. Average size is 7" w x 10” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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473. Three Press Wire Protest Photos from Detroit. c. 1963-65. Excellent condition. Average size is 10" w x 8” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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474. Six Black and White Press Wire Photos of Mid-Atlantic Civil Rights Protest Scenes. c. 1961-64. Excellent condition. Average size is 8" w x 10” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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475. Three Black & White Press Wire Photos from Chicago Protests. c. 1963-66. Excellent condition. Average size is 10" w x 8” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est.$200-300. Ship: $25
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476. Six New York and New Jersey Civil Rights Demonstration Press Wire Photos. c. 1963-68. Excellent condition. Average size is 9" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25
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477. Jack T. Franklin. Group of Thirty Two Photographs; Sixteen Civil Rights Photographs, Girard College and Sixteen photographs of MLK. c. 1960's. Excellent condition. Average framed size is 13" w x 11” h. Average image size is 9.5" w x 8” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,500-2,500. Ship: $200
Jack T. Franklin (1922-2009) donated his collection of over 500,000 negatives and photographs to the African Museum in New York in 1986. The collection is a significant and extraordinary local history comprising virtually every social, cultural and political event in New York’s African community during his lifetime, as well as all of the major events of the 1960s Civil Rights movement. The national crusade for civil rights reached its peak during the 1960s. In Pennsylvania, the Girard College protest mobilized the Philadelphia black community. A march that went on day and night for seven months began in 1965 with a group of young people known as the "Freedom Fighters." Cecil B. Moore, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP, rallied the African American community to support the march around the 43-acre campus. The effort was significant, attracting many of the same civil rights personalities involved with Selma, including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Eventually, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Girard College must admit African Americans. Page 66
478. Twenty One Black and White photos. Wrong Side of the Tracks: Black Rural Life. c. 1940's-50’s. Average size is 9" x 7". Excellent condition. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
Photographs of African American families in the rural south. These photographs need no captions to impart the terrible conditions for both adults and children. The latter are seen playing right by the side of the railroad tracks that pass next to their homes. The series was probably done as either a project during the Works Project Administration or perhaps for a magazine article.
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479. Strange Fruit Is Hard To Swallow. c. 1960's-70’s. Print on poster. Minor toning at bottom, original pin holes from hanging otherwise very good condition. 22" w x 28.5” h. Incorporates a notorious image from a lynching that took place in Marion Indiana in 1930. Image appears on page 31 of James Allen's definitive book on the subject. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $85
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480. The CORE-LATOR. Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman. Three Civil Rights Workers Murdered. The July-August 1964 issue of The CORE-LATOR. Six pages, printed accordion style, Illustrations from photographs. New York: CORE, 1964. Excellent condition. 8.5" w x 11” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $25
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481. Ben Shahn. Kennedy Graphics. James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman. 1965. #242 of 300. Signed and numbered. Portfolio with three original silkscreen prints, japan paper. Heavy paper portfolio with Shahn's signature reproduced on cover. Excellent condition. 16.5" w x 22” h. Comes inside portfolio with artist name. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $75
On the night of June 21, 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi. After a two-month search by the F.B.I. the bodies of the three young men were discovered at a nearby dam site where they had been buried following their murder by members of the local Ku Klux Klan. Produced by Ben Shahn as a portfolio for the Human Relations Council of Greater New Haven, Connecticut, these portraits reflect the artist’s desire to memorialize the three slain civil right workers and his lifelong commitment to social justice. Page 69
482. State of New York Executive Department State Commission Against Discrimination. Lot of six letter dealing with complaints of discrimination. c. 1958. Great condition. Average is 8.5" w x 11” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $25
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483. The Cost of Action in the Courts. Civil rights broadside poster. N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, c.1963. Photo of Birmingham riots. JFK and Martin Luther King are mentioned. Folds, otherwise excellent condition. 13.5" x 21". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $35
484. Sheriff Jonathan W. Tobin. Rare Wanted Poster - $10 REWARD Broadside. 1911. San Antonio, TX. I will pay $10.00 reward for the arrest and detention anywhere in Texas, of each of the following negroes. who broke out of jain here December 16th, 1911. Small broadside, printed on ochre yellow paper. Excellent condition. 6" x 8.5". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $400-700. Ship: $10 Rare wanted poster for 6 escaped men issued by 'gunless' Tobin. John Wallace Tobin (1867-1927) was a true son of San Antonio. He worked his way up from the Texas Militia, Belknap Rifles to Alderman, then Fire Chief, County Treasurer and in 1900 began a 21-year tenure as sheriff of San Antonio. A definitely peaceful 'peace officer,' Tobin was known to not wear a gun.
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485. Eight Items Relating to the Problem of Lynching in the U. S. c. 1924-1948. Condition generally very good. Average 7" x 8". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-1,500. Ship: $45
Lynching, America's National Disgrace, by James Weldon Johnson (1924); The Mob Still Rides, Commission on Interracial Cooperation (1933); Southern White Women on Lynching and Mob Violence (ca 1930's); H.R. 164. A Bill to Assure Persons within the Jurisdiction of Every State the Equal Protection of the Laws (1937); House Report 1597 Mob Violence and Lynching (1948); Lynchings and What They Mean (1929); Feeling is Tense. Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching (1938); We the People of the United States Address This Petition for a Federal Anti-Lynching Law, broadside/petition (ca 1938). A valuable prime resource for the study of how the crime of lynching was not being addressed by the government, local, state or federal. It was not for lack of energy on the part of the NAACP and other groups, with a few stalwart members of Congress like Leonidas Dyer (Dyer Bill 1922) trying to get legislation past the House. The number of lynchings between 1882, when the first records began to be kept and 1938 when the NAACP sent out the 'We The People' petition, was a staggering 5123, with 1454 of the victims white, and 3669 of them black. Page 72
486. (NAACP). Broadsheet. You Can Register Right in Your Own Neighborhood.
1964-65. Front lists Department Stores and Super Markets where voter registration stations are located throughout the Detroit metro area, along with voting directions. Verso features portraits of voting rights activists, Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner, murdered during the 1964 Freedom Summer Campaign, with the text, "In June, 1964 they lost their lives for the right to Register and Vote" – Printed in two colors. Minor toning on edges otherwise great condition. 8.5" x 11". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $10
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487. Four Pieces Promoting Racist Propaganda in Little Rock. c. 1957. Mimeographed ‘Open’ Capital Citizen's Council Letter regarding Civil Rights. Pamphlet about Little Rock's Plot to Sovietize the South and two business card sized printed cards with racist remarks Minor toning, otherwise good condition overall. Letter is 8" x 11". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $10
488. The Committee on Appeal for Human Rights and The Student-Adult Liaison Committee. We Are Climbing Freedom’s Ladder to Dignity and Brotherhood in ‘61 handbill. 1960's. Ink on white stock. Excellent condition. 5.5" x 8.5". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $10
Circular produced by the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR), formed in February, 1960 by a group of Atlanta University Center students who coordinated a variety of sit-ins, boycotts, and non-violent events to demand racial desegregation in Atlanta. The present handbill would have been distributed within the Black community, calling for residents to boycott businesses in the downtown area essentially a call to keep Black dollars within the Black community. After listing some data regarding the boycott, they conclude with two bulletpoints under
"This You Should Do: Continue to refuse to pay to be segregated. Call 10 of your friends every day and impress upon them the importance of our sacrifice for success in '61." Page 74
489. Collection of 43 Freedomway Books - A Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom Movement. c. 1960's and 70's. From good to excellent condition. Each is 6.25" w x 9” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-1,000. Ship: $65
Freedomways was one of the most important and influential publications of the civil-rights movement. Esther Jackson Cooper edited Freedomways, which was published from 1961 to 1986. This important journal chronicled the work of significant African Americans of the period, and provided a forum for leading black authors. The publication featured personalities ranging from Angela Davis to Muhammad Ali with essays from major figures like Martin Luther King Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois and Alice Walker.
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490. Martin Luther King Poster. No Man is Free Until All Men Are Free. c.. 1970-71. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, New York, NY. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States was one of the oldest and largest life insurance companies in the U.S.; Part of a series of socially-conscious posters the company produced in the early 1970's focusing on environmentalism, world peace, equal opportunity employment, et al. Some tape residue and staining otherwise great condition. Original photographic poster, offset printed on white stock. 18" w x 24” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $55
491. Chas. Gustrines, Chicago Illinois. True Sons of Freedom. Colored Men, the First Americans Who Planted Our Flag on the Firing Line Chromolithograph. 1918. Small tear on left corner with some foxing on verso otherwise excellent condition. 16" w x 20” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-1,000. Ship: $45
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492. Max. A. Stern, Chicago. Roll of Honor. 1942. Photo print of Sgt. First Class Willy Dickens. Colored print with photo attached to back. Wear on edges, otherwise excellent condition with vivid colors. 16" w x 20” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-1,000. Ship: $45
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493. Chandler Owen. Negroes and the War. Published by the office of War Information. 1942. Small folio of 70 pages of text and photos. Expected toning of paper otherwise excellent condition. 10" w x 13” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
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494. Photo by Alexander Liberman. Military World War Two-United We Win Poster. 1943. Washington War Man-Power Commission. Excellent example of this iconic poster, featuring a daring interracial production image by Liberman and bold, modern graphics anticipating the avant garde style of the 50's. One of Liberman's most powerful photographs, illustrating the need to integrate the workplace during wartime. 1/2 inch tear and minor wear, otherwise great condition. 28" w x 40" h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-1,500. Ship: $200
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495. Photographic Scrapbook of African-American Naval Service in the Korean War, 1950. Album with 11 photo filled pages from Koren War, with additional lose pictures and Ephemera. Lose pages and wear on album otherwise photos are in good condition. Album is 12" w x 9” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
USS Leyte: ca 1950. Scrapbook of 111 original photographs (plus clippings and ephemera) documenting ship-board service aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Leyte (CV-32) during the early years of the Korean War. Album of 35 leaves, partially used; 101 photographs mounted (with corner-points); many captioned; 10 further images detached and preserved in a mylar sleeve. Also includes 13 contemporary newspaper clippings (as found); an issue of "32's News" (the Leyte's shipboard newspaper) for 15 December 1950; and an issue of "Daily Press News" featuring news of the Leyte's actions in the Japan Sea.The subjects are entirely African American, and many photographs are captioned with names and location. Most of the images appear to document the lives, on- and off-ship, off our seamen: Harvey Thomas, James Kincaid, Leo Bowserand "Lippy" Connor (sp?), whose larger-format portraits appear at the beginning of the album; one of these is presumably the compiler of the album, though there is no positive attribution to be made. The sailors are shown in a variety of settings, in uniform and out, often engaged in athletic pursuits and on several occasions in bars with young Filippino women. Perhaps the most striking photograph in the album is an 8" x10" portrait of the four friends, captioned "The Gitmo Four" - four young sailors stand in their navy whites on a tarmac, wearing dark sunglasses and looking more than ready for a night on the town and whatever adventures might accompany it. The included issue of "32's News" contains an obituary for Ensign Jesse Brown, the first African-American Naval Pilot to see action; he was shot down "on a mission behind enemy lines" in early December,1950. Page 81
496. Richard McCrary. 1971. I Am A Black Woman. Pictorial poster. Slight tear in top left corner, otherwise great condition. 30" w x 23” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-3,000. Ship: $85 Poem by McCrary top left:
“ANGELA, YES YOU ARE A BLACK WOMAN - AND I WANT IT TO BE KNOWN: THE ONLY THING YOU’RE GUILTY OF, IS BEING A BLACK WOMAN, TO THE BONE FOR SUCH BEAUTY TO BE HELD CAPTIVE IS REALLY NO MYSTERY; IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE A BLACK WOMAN TRULY BLACK ENOUGH FOR ME.” Page 82
497. (BLACK PANTHERS.) Angela Davis Group of 25 items relative to the arrest and trial of Angela Davis. Includes: twelve press photographs average size 8" x 10", five pamphlets average size 6” x 9", broadsides, and two magazines including the October 1969 issue of NOMMO, "I Am Innocent," devoted to Davis with a centerfold poster. Expected aging of paper otherwise excellent condition. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $45
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498. Before We Lynch Fred Ahmed Evans a Few Nagging Questions. Black and White Poster. 1968, Cleveland. Rare piece. Restorations to margins back with archival paper, otherwise excellent condition. Image size 23" w x 35” h. Archival backing 26.5" w x 39” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,500-2,500. Ship: $65 rolled.
The months following the death of Martin Luther King Jr. saw cities around the country erupt in violence. But Cleveland remained relatively calm, thanks in great part to America's first black mayor, Carl B. Stokes. However, Cleveland's poor, black suburb of Glenville, the anger and disappointment combined with the summer heat, was just too much, and on July 23rd all hell broke loose.Shots were fired, and an all out battle between armed residents and police ensued. An hour and a half later, seven people lay dead, including three Cleveland policemen, fifteen more were wounded. Five days more of violence and rioting continued until Mayor Stokes called in the National Guard, and order was finally restored. Fred Ahmed Evans a local and vocal radical leader was arrested and charged with seven counts of murder. There was no direct evidence, but Evans nonetheless was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. The sentence was later reduced to life in prison. Page 84
499. Eldridge Cleaver. Cleaver for President. Black Panther party, Peace and Freedom party. c. 1968. Print on poster. Excellent condition. 17" w x 22” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $55
500. Cleaver Eldridge (Black Panthers). A Rule of thumb of Revolutionary politics... Black and white poster. c. 1968. Some tape residue at middle bottom, some discoloration and pin holes in corners with small loss, otherwise great condition. 16.5" x 22.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $55
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501. Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee. Free Thousand Jailed in Black Communities. Free Draft Resisters, War Resisters. Print on cardstock. Some staining and discoloration expected with age, otherwise great condition. 28" w x 22” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-400. Ship: $55
502. Student Mobilization Committee To End The War In Vietnam. The Fight for Freedom...is at home!. Strike. Nov 14, March on Washington and San Francisco, Nov 15 Bring All The GI’s Home. Print on poster. Excellent condition. 17" w x 22” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-400. Ship: $55
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503. (Black Panthers) Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Political Prisoners of U. S. A. Fascism. c. 1960's. Blue and white printed on black background poster. Some wrinkling, paper backed with some professional conservation to the corners and margins, overall very good condition. 22.5" w x 28.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $85
504. Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Manifesto. c.1970. Offset lithograph poster on newsprint with text and illustration. Creases where folded, minor stains and foxing otherwise great condition. 23" x 32". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,500-2,000. Ship: $85 Originally issued as a supplement to The Black Panther: Black Community News Service, the poster was produced in the wake of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial which got underway in September,1969. Chairman Bobby Seale was one of the original "Chicago 8" defendants, charged with conspiracy and inciting to riot, in the wake of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Because of his outbursts during the trial, Judge Julius Hoffman sentenced Seale to four years in prison for contempt. While serving his four year sentence, Seale faced trial again in 1970 in the New Haven Black Panther trials. This poster was created during that trial, prominently featuring Emory Douglas's illustration of Seale strapped to an electric chair next to a lengthy statement made by Minister of Information, Eldridge Cleaver. A scarce and profoundly important piece of Panther ephemera, and a high-point of radical artwork by Douglas.
505. (Black Panthers.) On the Crisis at Edison High. Original Mimeographed Broadside. Ministry of information 1971. Printed in black on white stock. 8.5" x11". Minor toning on edges otherwise excellent condition. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est.$200-300. Ship: $10 Broadside promoting a community meeting in support of Mohamoud Togane, a Somalian-born teacher at Edison High School who was dismissed for attempting to screen the North Vietnamese documentary film The People’s War (1970) for his classes. the school system prevented the film from being shown, approximately 100 students rioted after occupying Principal Albert Glassman’s office. Togane was charged with riot, breach of the peace, corrupting the morals of minors and conspiracy. He later moved to Canada, where he was a noted poet and peace activist, employing the maxim: “Putdown the gun, pick up the book!” Upper half features artwork by Emory Douglas, together with a photographic portrait of a young Togane at lower left. Page 87
506. (Black Panther.) Black Community News Letter. Vol. 9. First edition. c. 1975. Blue and white sheets offset print, 39 pages. Minor oxidation and toning, otherwise very good condition. 8.5" x 11". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $10
Rare find! Apparent penultimate issue of this locally-produced newsletter, published by the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party. A heavily illustrated issue, appropriating artwork and photographs from the national Black Panther newspaper and a variety of other sources, and reproducing a number of articles, notably “Capitalism Plus Dope Equals Genocide.” Also features a healthy representation of poetry from incarcerated prisoners around the country.
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507. (Black Panthers) Fred Hampton. Help Us Bring Those Responsible to Justice. Print on poster. Creases where folded, a few short closed tears to the margins, some wrinkling otherwise great condition. 22" w x 17” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $65
508. John Kifner. Black Panther Party. The Story of the Murder of Fred Hampton (which the N. Y. Sunday Times refused to print). Reprinted from Scanlan’s. New York: Committee to Defend the Panthers, (1970). First Separate Edition. Photo illustrated wrappers, stapled. Wrappers slightly toned and edges worn with some tears and some staining. 8.5" x 11". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-400. Ship: $10
Superb piece of reportage by New York Times reporter, John Kifner, written in months after the murder of Fred Hampton. Hampton was Chairman of the Party’s Illinois chapter and Deputy Chairman of the national BPP, a prominent activist involved with the NAACP and SNCC whose profile was rising rapidly at the national level. He was assassinated on December 4, 1969, while sleeping in his apartment, during a raid by a tactical unit of the Cook County, IL State’s Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department and the FBI. Kifner’s piece originally appeared in Scanlan’s magazine, Uncommon.
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Black Is Beautiful - But You Look Prettier When You Are Registered
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509. NAACP Poster. Protect Her Future Register and Vote. c. 1960's. Black Is Beautiful - But You Look Prettier When You Are Registered. Excellent condition. 16" w x 22” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
510. NAACP Poster. Push Me, Mister Register and Vote. c. 1960's. Excellent condition. 16" w x 22” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
NAACP Poster used during voter registration drives, 2 African American boys “Push Me, Mister... Register and Vote,” c. 1960; While undated, the slogan and image were seen on flyers and in copies of the Tom Feeling’s comic book The Street Where You Live and What You Can Do to Improve It!, published by the low-income African American audiences to address the issue of voter registration. Page 91
511. Mary Wood Forman and Ellery G. Kington. Group of Five Photographs Dealing with Black Panthers and Free Breakfast Program. c. 1969-1972. Black and white photos. Light wear with photographer stamp on verso, very good condition. Largest is 8" x 10". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-400. Ship: $10
Upon soliciting space to carry out their Free Breakfast for Children Program (BCP), the Panthers were denied by every local black church in Hartford. It was St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church who would ultimately respond favorably to them, making their facilities and vehicles available; Father Leonard Tartaglia, affectionately known to his parishioners as "the hoodlum priest," was a staunch advocate for the city's poor and working people. The BCP - one of the Panthers' national social programs - had the most immediate impact on poor children in Hartford, feeding between 30-150 hot meals to students each morning prior to their school day. The program was successful in increasing students’ academic successes, with school officials reporting huge improvements with kids who were served free breakfast before school. Ruth Beckford, who helped with the program, later said “the school principal came down and told us how different the children were. They weren’t falling asleep in class, they weren’t crying with stomach cramps.” Five years after former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s declared a war on poverty during his 1964 State of the Union address, the Panthers' breakfast programs were an indication of the initiative’s limits. Between 1969 and 1971, the Panthers established 36 breakfast programs across the country from Kansas City to New York City. It’s estimated that over time, the Panthers fed 50,000 across the country through their program. “The Panthers are feeding more kids than we are," one US government official reportedly admitted. With each mouth fed, it became increasingly difficult for government officials like Hoover to portray the Panthers in a negative light. Due to this perceived threat, the federal government launched their plan to discredit the Panthers and the Free Breakfast Program. They were determined to dismantle and abolish the BPP and worked to directly destroy their programs and services through tactically creating rumors, stoking fear and mistrust, and conducting raids of their homes and organizations’ sites. One FBI raid in Chicago ended with smashing and urinating on all the food that was to be used for the children’s breakfast program. The FBI successfully instilled fear around the BPP, several leaders were killed by police, and the party was officially dismantled throughout the following years.
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512. Black Panthers Broadside. The Black Panther Party Apologizes & City Stops Free Lunches For Children. c. 1972. Original mimeographed broadside, two-sided, printed in black on white stock. 8.5" x 11". Minor toning and loss on edges otherwise very good condition. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $10
Broadside issued by the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party, apologizing for the cessation of their free lunch program. In July 1971, the Panthers partnered with the city’s free lunch program, administered by the Recreation Department and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, distributing 300 free lunches daily out of their Community Survival Center. After receiving the lunches for only a week, the city, courtesy of Frank L. Rizzo’s administration, cut off the supply of lunches. Likely intended as a way of rallying community support, the broadside (recto) prints a lengthy response regarding the absence of free lunches, and reproduces photos (verso) of Panthers with children in front of the Community Survival Center.
513. Black Panthers Broadside. Once Again Free Breakfast Program. 1971. Original mimeographed broadside, printed in black on light blue stock. 8.5" x 11". Slight fading on edges otherwise excellent condition. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $10
Broadside promoting the implementation of the Philadelphia Black Panther Party’s “Free Breakfast” or “Breakfast for Children Program, “beginning October 25, 1971. “We realize that this American government still doesn’t provide our school children with (when we say our children we mean any hungry children) the necessary healthy, hot and nutritious breakfast in the morning.” The Free Breakfast Program was one of the most effective programs the Panther’s implemented in communities around the country. It was so effective, in fact, that J. Edgar Hoover himself acknowledged that it was the Free Breakfast Program - not guns in the hands of Black Panthers - that posed the greatest internal threat to national security. “Consequently, the BCP represents the best and most influential activity going for the BPP and, as such, is potentially the greatest threat to efforts by authorities...to neutralize the BPP and destroy what it stands for” (FBI airtel from director to SAC’s, May 15, 1969). Locations for breakfast sites printed at lower third of broadside, next to a photographic portrait of a young child. Page 93
514. Emory Douglas. Twelve Black Panther Christmas Cards. c. 1970's. Print on cardstock. Excellent condition. Artwork by Emory Douglas, quotes by Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, et al. These cards were advertised in the rear pages of The Black Panther in the years 1969-70, available individually or in sets of twelve. This is a complete set. Unused. Uncirculated. Extremely rare. Each is 7" x 5". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $10
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515. Weather Underground. Three Agitational Stickers from "The Battle of Boston". 1974-75. Three offset handbills. Printed black or black and red on white cardstock. Slight toning consistent with age, otherwise excellent condition. 4" x 5". A rare survival grouping. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $10 Exceedingly ephemeral productions of the Red Dragon Print Collective, the underground publishing arm of the Weather Underground from 1973 until the group's dissolution in 1976. The collective printed from sound proof rooms, changing locations frequently, even wearing gloves to prevent fingerprints from being detected on their work.These three stickers clearly intended for distribution in Boston during the city's school bussing crisis of 1975-76: all three include slogans attacking the segregation of public schools, with one specifically mentioning Boston and stating: "Black students have the right to attend any school in this city;" another urging protesters to "Fight for Quality Education, Dump the School Committee!." A contemporary (1975) article in the first issue of the WUO journal Osawatomie confirms the group's involvement in the stickering campaign and suggests a printing date prior to January, 1975; in a summary of the Organization's activities in protesting the bussing crisis (which the WUO referred to as"The Battle of Boston"), the article states: "...from underground, we have put up antiracist stickers [emphasisours] and talked with people in white working-class communities, we've also stink-bombed the offices of the School Committee and marched in the National March Against Racism on December 14..." (Osawatomie, v.1 no.1,(Mar 1975); as quoted in Dan Berger, Outlaws of America: the Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity. AK Press, 2005; p.232). Page 94
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516. NAACP Anti-Klan Circular. Hatred - Their Stock in Trade!, 1978-79. Double-sided handbill. Striking anti-Klan circular produced by the NAACP. Recto features a photographic image of apair of hooded Klansmen holding a flag and standing near an electronically-lit cross; verso reproduces portions of several articles from the New York Times, the Boston Morning News, and Time magazine, detailing the rise of Klan-related incidents and the Klan stepping-up their recruitment of teenagers. Lower margin solicits tax-deductible donations to the NAACP Special Contribution Fund. 8.5” x 11”. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $10
517. Black Panthers Civil Rights Poster. This Can Happen in Your Community. c. 1970's. Photograph poster in black, white and red. ‘There is an Alternative. Call the Philadelphia Committee to Combat Fascism.’ Excellent condition. 17" w x 22” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $600-900. Ship: $55 In the cultural wars of the 1970's the Black Panthers had no fiercer enemy than Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo. In the summer of 1970, Rizzo declared war on the Panthers, pulling out all the stops and violating their human rights in ways not known in the history of police behavior in Philadelphia. In one of many operations in 1970, Rizzo staged a night time raid on Panther headquarters,dragging the near naked Panthers out to the street, stripping them and beating them. Page 95
518. The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. IV, No. 22. The Demagogic Politician Is Not To Be Left Out in This Case. May 9th, 1970. Tabloid format printed in color on newsprint. Single horizontal fold at center (as issued); light edge wear and toning; to extremities; slight staining to margins; otherwise very good condition. CLEAVER, Eldridge (editor); DOUGLAS, Emory (featured artwork). 12" w x 17” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45 ‘ First called, ‘The Black Panther Community News Service’ and then, ‘The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service’ (BPINS), the weekly periodical was nationally and internationally distributed. It was sold in small stores in black communities, through subscriptions, and, mostly, on the streets by dedicated Party members. In its heyday, the Party sold several hundred thousand copies of the newspaper per week and was highly regarded for the quality of its content by media professionals and its legion of readers alike. It ultimately became the most influential independent black newspaper in the United States, known not only for its fearless reportage and analysis but its stunning photographs and illustrations, including provocative and humorous political cartoons.
519. The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. VI, No. 22. Thirteen People In A Three-Room House. June 26th, 1971. Tabloid format printed in color on newsprint. Slight foxing, with light wear, otherwise very good condition. CLEAVER, Eldridge (editor); DOUGLAS, Emory (featured artwork). 12" w x 17” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
520. The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. II. No. 21. Panthers Demand Justice. February 2nd, 1969. Tabloid format printed in black and brown on newsprint. Horizontal fold at center, light toning to edges, with a tiny stray ink mark to lower front cover, otherwise very good condition. CLEAVER, Eldridge (editor); DOUGLAS, Emory (featured artwork). 12" w x 17” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
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521. The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. VI. No. 20. Two Year Old Black Youth Murdered By Racist America’s Neglect. June 12th, 1971. Tabloid format printed on newsprint. Foxing with light wear, otherwise very good condition. CLEAVER, Eldridge (editor); DOUGLAS, Emory (featured artwork). 12" w x 17” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
522. The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. VI. No. 17. The People’s Fight Against Sickle Cell Anemia Begins. May 22nd, 1971. First Edition. Tabloid format printed on newsprint. Foxing with light wear, otherwise very good condition. CLEAVER, Eldridge (editor); DOUGLAS, Emory (featured artwork). 12" w x 17” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
523. The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. IV. No. 28. People’s Free Health Center. June 13th, 1970. Tabloid format printed on newsprint. Foxing with light wear, otherwise very good condition. CLEAVER, Eldridge (editor); DOUGLAS, Emory (featured artwork). 12" w x 17” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
524. The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. III No. 29. “In Vietnam The Vietnamese Say If the Enemy Refuses to Get Out Annihilate Him!’. November 15th, 1969. Tabloid format printed in black, brown, orange and grey on newsprint. Horizontal fold in center, a slight foxing at lower spine fold, light staining to margins, otherwise very good condition. The present issue contains two Emory Douglas illustrations in-text, a larger piece on the lower half of the centerfold, captioned "Our Fight Is Not In Vietnam". Front cover bears a full-sized photo montage with hand-drawn image of two pigs, with captions. CLEAVER, Eldridge (editor); DOUGLAS, Emory (featured artwork). 12" w x 17” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45 Page 97
525. Louis Crusius (1862-1898). An Undeserved Compliment. c. 1900's. Signed and titled. Paint on paper. Minor staining and surface grime and creases consistent with early age, otherwise very good condition. Image is 26" w x 19" h. Size with original frame 29" w x 22” h. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $65
Louis Crusius was a pharmacist, physician, professor and talented artist. This watercolor could date from between 1882 and 1890 when Louis and his brother-in-law operated a pharmacy in St. Louis. It is well documented that Louis would produce watercolors and displayed them in his pharmacy windows in order to amuse his customers. The watercolor could be a precursor to Joseph Knaffel's photograph "The Skin Game" which was produced in 1898. The composition is identical with only a change in dress. A half century later, Irving Sinclair painted an oil on canvas, "The Poker Game" which is an exact copy of Knaffel's photograph. Knaffel's father who was also a physician. Knaffel's son who was born the year Crusius died was also named Louis.
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526. H.C. Schmolck. Black Power 12 Month Calendar in English and German Box Set. c. 1969. Possibly #5 of 200. Beautifully preserved in linen covered box. Prints on paper with artist signature. Excellent condition. Box size is 19" w x 27” h. Each month is illustrated with 2 pages of prints celebrating The African American Civil Rights Movement: One with name of month in English, and the other in German. The powerful images express rage, fear, pain, and strength. Many reference specific events, including the Orangeburg Massacre in February, 1968 and the Newark Riots of 1967. Several important figures of the Black Power and Civil Rights Movement are also depicted: April’s linoleum cut is a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., with the date of his assassination, and January has a portrait of Stokely Carmichael, who was elected national chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966. The struggle for equal rights in America became an inspiration to younger generations in Germany, who began the country’s student protest movement in the late 1960s. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $2,000-4,000. Ship: $65 Page 99
527. Amos Kennedy. 12 Letterpress Posters Celebrating the Life of Rosa Parks. 2014. Prints on cardstock. Excellent condition. 12" w x 19” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45 Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr (born 1950 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is a letterpress printer and former computer programmer. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne and worked as a programmer and systems analyst in Chicago. During a 1989 visit with his sons to William Parks' press and book bindery in Colonial Williamsburg, he became fascinated with the idea of letterpress printing. He took classes in printing and set up a small press in his basement. He enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and studied under book designer Walter Hamady, earning his Master of Fine Arts in 1997. After graduating he taught graphic design at Indiana University before deciding to open his own print shop to bring his art to the masses. Kennedy set up a "York Show Print" shop in York, and later moved to Akron in association with Auburn University’s's Rural Studio. In January 2008 he was recruited by Glenn House and Kathy Fetters to join a growing community of artists in Gordo. Kennedy produces show card posters for local and regional events as well as his own catalog of inspirational and commemorative designs, usually featuring boldly lettered quotations. He is a regular exhibitor at the Kentuck Festival and his work is sold at galleries and museum shops across the South. Kennedy was profiled in a 2008 documentary, "Proceed and Be Bold!, directed by Laura Zinger. In 2012, Kennedy began raising money to open a teaching letterpress studio in Detroit, Michigan. Page 100
528. Tomi Ungerer (1931-2019). Black Power-White Power. c. 1967. Print on poster. Excellent condition. 22" w x 28” h. Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg and emigrated to America in 1956. He lived in New York for 13 years, then he moved to Canada, and finally settled in Ireland. Ungerer worked in just about every medium available to graphic designers. He designed posters, illustrated numerous books for adults and children, as well as sculptures. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $85
529. Unknown. Peace Poster. c. 1968. Large silk screen poster. Excellent condition. 23" w x 29” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $85
530. Hugo Gellert. Racism Chains Both Poster. c. 1970. Print on poster by the Communist Party U.S.A. National Black Liberation Commission. Excellent condition. 17.5" w x 22.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $400-600. Ship: $55
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531. Minstrel Show Broadside. Group of five double-sided advertisement. c. 1930's to 1940's. Print on newsprint. Minor loss and some tearing, overall very good condition for age. Average size is 9" x 24". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-1,000. Ship: $55 531. Verso
532. Set of Original-Release Lobby Cards for Joe Louis's Second Film The Fight Never Ends. c. 1949. In The Fight Never Ends, "The Brown Bomber" plays himself, and becomes a role model for a group of Harlem youths tempted by crime and delinquency. The film was rereleased by Toddy Pictures Co. in1949, and most of the available ephemera from this film dates from the re-release. Original ephemera from the film is scarce; Expected toning otherwise excellent condition. 14" x 11" each. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45. Page 102
533. Group of Eight Election Campaign Printed Materials. c.1956-58. Excellent condition. Largest is 11" w x 14” h. Campaign slogans include, Dr. Horace A. Scott, “A Negro Congressman is a MUST - for US - in ‘56 Earl F. Dales for Congress - “A Man Who Knows Our Problems Because He’s One of Us.” Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-400. Ship: $45
534. The Unforgotten: Civil Rights Movement Murders. Maps, Fans and Other Printed Material documenting the numbers and names of victims of hangings throughout the South including hand fans and victims of hangings with names, years, and states. Excellent condition. Fans are 7" w x 12” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-1,000. Ship: $85 Page 103
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535. Side B 535. Anonymous. Rare Vintage KKK Double-Sided Applique Felt Sign. c. 1930's. Felt cutout on rayon. Minor wear otherwise excellent condition. 9.5" w x 9.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25
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536. Klan Membership and Dues Record. The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker, Plus a Minister or Two. c. Early 1926-27. Missouri. Each page has a description of the Klan's member including occupation and physical description with a note of due's paid. With the names and addresses of over one hundred members, this little volume provides an exceptional view of just where Klan members come from--almost literally the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, plus a local minister or two. While most seem to be drawn from the working class, there is a representative view of America as far a the overall membership is concerned. Many of the faithful seem to be delinquent with their dues. Binding in very rough condition and paper is tatered, otherwise in good survival condition. 5" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-800. Ship: $35
A Notice of Delinquent Dues is included and reads,
Dear Klansman:You are hearby notified that your dues for the _________ quarter of the year ______ are unpaid. Please give this matter your immediate attention as we do not want you to go suspended. - Kligrap (KKK secretary)
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537. Thomas Dixon, Jr. The Clansmen: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan, 1st Edition, (Presentation Copy) 1905 Inscribed. Presentation copies of The Clansmen are exceedingly rare. Great condition for age. 5.5" w x 8.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-800. Ship: $35 Thomas Jr. Dixon, illustrations by Arthur I. Keller The Clansmen: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan, 1st Edition, (Presentation Copy), 1905 Contemporary presentation copy of Dixon's third novel, the second volume in his best-selling "Trilogy of the Reconstruction," comprised of The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden (1902) and The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire (1907). Dixon (1864-1946), an American author, lawyer, Baptist minister, and professional racist, spent his writing career romanticizing the South, opposing equal rights for African Americans, glorifying white supremacy, and championing the KKK as the knights of the South. "No American author of his time was more deeply devoted to the cause of white supremacy than Thomas Dixon, Jr. When Dixon prepared his attacks against Blacks, he drew skillfully upon an imagination that had been schooled in both the Baptist ministry and the study of Law" (Blockson, p.42). In his preface to the reader, Dixon explains that the novel "develops the true story of the "Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy," which overturned the Reconstruction régime." The novel spans five years (1865-1870), opening shortly after Robert E. Lee signs the treaty at Appomattox, and heavily promotes the post-emancipation theory of racial retrogression. "The basic premise of the theory was not only that blacks were inferior to whites but also that as they became further removed from the taming influences slavery had provided, they were actually retrogressing to an even more bestial state that made their very presence a threat, particularly sexually, to white society. Because there was no hope of blacks' rehabilitation, total segregation posed the only viable alternative, and equality with whites in any area remained an impossibility" (Inscoe, John C. "The Clansman" on Stage and Screen: North Carolina Reacts." The North Carolina Historical Review, Vol.64, No. 2 (April 1987), p.142). At the time of publication, The Clansman, together with The Leopard's Spots, quickly became the biggest sellers of the young and financially struggling Doubleday, Page & Co., doing much to establish them as a major publishing company. Aware of the enduring popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the stage, Dixon adapted a dramatic version of his novel in 1905. In the hopes of reaching a wider audience with his message; he often traveled with the touring company, making short speeches between acts. The play was a huge success, alternately vilified and enthusiastically received, depending on the state. Dixon's message would ultimately find an even broader audience, once his book was adapted into the 1915 film Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith. Presentation copies of The Clansman are uncommon, with only two found in the auction record (The Doheney copy (2006), and one with a pre-publication inscription sold in 1937); the recipient, Myrtle McGrain (1883-1980), was a Kentucky-born model and Broadway actress. Page 106
Former President Donald Trump screened D.W. Griffith’s 1915 film “The Birth of a Nation” on the White House lawn, following the annual Easter egg hunt on April 16, 2017. “It is a great film about our great country,” the president said during the press conference. “It’s a great way to celebrate our Christian heritage.” David Duke, former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, praised the president’s decision to screen the film at the White House, saying that “this is the exact kind of thing that lead me to endorse Mr. Trump during the campaign. He is a true president of the white nation.” Trump later tweeted a thank you to Duke for his, “kind words.”
538. Utica Saturday Globe. The Most Exciting Story of The Century Rare Vintage Poster. 1889. Utica New York. A very rare vintage poster for an expose of an early Klan-type organization, the White Caps. Print on newsprint. Original hole from hanging with slight tear, minor creases and wear on edges,overall great condition. Image size 18" w x 24” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $100 During the Month of January…” A complete expose of the doings of the White Caps in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. This series of articles appeared in the pages of the Utica Saturday Globe, the first illustrated newspaper in the United States. The White Caps grew out of the original Klan in North Georgia and spread into Ohio and Kentucky, and south into Mississippi. They wore the same outfits and basically had the same rules and tenets, and were popular throughout the deep South. Their victims were usually blacks, but personal grudges and other issues were often settled by a midnight visit from these men--a visit called "white-capping." As the Klan's power and membership grew during the 1920's and 1930s, the White Caps were absorbed into the Klan.
539. Ku Klux Klan. The Constitution and Laws. 1924. Multi page pamphlet. Some toning of paper and lose binding otherwise good condition. 3.5" w x 5.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25 Rise of the 2nd Klan, 1920s Imprint "CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN" 12pp. 6mo. being an "Address Delivered at Exalted Cyclops Meeting, Chattanooga, Tenn. October 28, 1924 by a Prominent Attorney and Member of Andrew Jackson Klan, No. 47, Realm of Tennessee. "The second Klan started small in Georgia in 1915. It grew after 1920 and flourished nationwide in the early and mid-1920s, including urban areas of the Midwest and West. Taking inspiration from D. W. Griffith's 1915 silent film, The Birth of a Nation, which mythologized the founding of the first Klan, it employed marketing techniques and a popular fraternal organization structure. Rooted in local Protestant communities, it sought to maintain white supremacy, often took a pro-Prohibition stance, and it opposed Catholics and Jews, while also stressing its opposition to the alleged political power of the Pope and the Catholic Church. This second organization was funded by initiation fees and selling its members a standard white costume.The chapters did not have dues. It used K-words which were similar to those used by the first Klan,while adding cross burnings and mass parades to intimidate others. It rapidly declined in the latter half of the 1920s.
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540. 75,000 Unmasked Klansmen March in Giant Capital Parade Press Photo. 1926. ‘The photo shows a general view looking down Pennsylvania Ave., toward the U. S. Capitol as the Ku Klux Klan parade was in progress. The parade, the second one in the 2 years contained 75,000 white-clad hosts who marched unmasked. The parade was in swing for 3 hours without a break. No violence was noted at any time and hundreds of negroes watched it front of the curb.’ Minor toning consistent with age, otherwise good condition. 9" w x 7.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25
541. John G. Pyles Showing Welts On Back Inflicted During Beating By Ku Klux Klansman Press Photo. 1922. Black and white photograph. Excellent condition. 6.5" w x 8.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $25
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542. KKK Photography Collection. Vernacular Images of Klan Related Images and Leaders. c. 1950's-70's. Approximately 100 Photos. Some toning and aging of photos otherwise good to fair condition. Average 9" w x 7” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
543. KKK Propaganda. Grouping of Three Pamphlets. 1920's and 30's. Color print on paper. Lecture Americanism and The Ku Klux Klan, KKK Katechism and Song Book, The Legend of the Bottomless Pools Tourist Brochure for Lake Lure, NC Expected toning otherwise excellent condition. Largest is 6" w x 9” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25
Klan items include; J.B. Stoner Campaign Flyer for United States Senator From Georgia - Proudly calling himself ‘The White Racist.’ Stoner was later convicted of bombing Bethel Church in Birmingham. Klan card, 3.5" x “, “You can sleep sound tonight THE KLAN IS AWAKE". ... Klan card, 3.5" x 2", "People Have The Right Not To Associate with NEGROES. Be A First Class Citizen! Vote Right! Oakwood GA. 30566. Klan membership card, 4" x 2.25", round cornered, printed both sides, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Admission Card, 5.5" x 3", "A Lecture to be Given on the Ideals and Principles of the Ku Klux Klan, Waterloo, NY, Friday Evening, Aug. 20, 1926, This Card Will Admit You." Real Photo Post Card with caption in the negative,"Seen at Pontiac Mich. Labor Day, 1925". Shows a Klan encampment with dozens of Klan members in their Klan Robes and Caps. Klan Robe measurement form, 3.5" x 9", unused. Receipt 6.5” x 2-1/2", unused Klan receipt, 1923. Newspaper, "The Klansman", March/April 1992, 12pp., tabloid, Pennsylvania.
544. White Supremacist Ephemera including J.B. Stoner campaign flyer, photo postcard and order form for a Klan's robe. c. 1920's -1990's. All good to great condition. Largest folded 11.5" w x 15” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $25 Page 109
545. The Thelma McDaniel's Collection African American Culture Art References. Box 1. Excellent condition. Average pamphlet or book is 8" w x 10” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45 Thelma McDaniel was a collector of the radical literature of the civil rights, black power, and communist movements in the United States and African solidarity movements abroad. As a resident of Philadelphia, she collected a variety of documents from mostly local organizations, including flyers; pamphlets; and newspapers expressing the sentiments, attitudes, philosophies, strategies, and tactics of these various movements and participating groups and organizations. Although there is little information on McDaniel's life story or her participation in the activities of the civil rights and black power movements, her collection documents the socio-cultural and political dynamics of the African American and multiracial struggles throughout the country.
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546. The Thelma McDaniels Collection of African American History Pamphlets and Brochures and Handbills. Box 2. Excellent condition. Average pamphlet or book is 8" w x 10” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
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547. The Thelma McDaniel's Collection African American Culture. Box 3. Excellent condition. Average pamphlet or book is 8" w x 10” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
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548. Azim Thomas. Hands Up. Signed on verso. Pigment print photograph. Excellent condition. 12" w x 14” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $400-600. Ship: $35 Azim Thomas is a New York based photographer who has been following and recording cases involving the use of excess force by the police in the New York area for over twenty years. In that time he has covered the cases of Yusuf Hawkins, Anthony Baez, Anthony Rosario, Hilton Vega, Kenneth Banks, Amadou Diallo, Malcolm Ferguson, Ousmane Zongo, Alberta Sprull, John White, Sean Bell, and Ramarley Graham. The photograph you see here is a photomontage of scenes from the protests that followed these incidents.
549. Azim Thomas. Lot 549. Alternate Views The Shooting of Amadou Diallo. 1999. Group of sixty one colored and black and white photographs in two binders. Excellent condition. Photos 12" x 8". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45 The shooting of Amadou Diallo occurred on February 4, 1999, when Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea, was shot and killed by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers—Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon and Kenneth Boss—after they mistook him for a rape suspect from one year earlier. The officers fired a combined total of 41 shots, 19 of which struck Diallo, outside his apartment at 1157 Wheeler Avenue in the Soundview section of The Bronx. The four were part of the now defunct Street Crimes Unit. All four officers were charged with second degree murder and acquitted at trial in Albany, New York. Diallo was unarmed, and a firestorm of controversy erupted subsequent to the event as the circumstances of the shooting prompted outrage both within and outside New York City. Issues such as police brutality, racial profiling, and contagious shooting were central to the ensuing controversy.
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550. Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams, Jr. (1931 – 2005). Photograph with Signature on Piano Key. Photo is 7” x 8”. Piano key, 4” x 1”. Frame is 12” x 16”. Excellent condition. Detroit Junior was a Chicago blues pianist, vocalist and songwriter. Original consignor personally obtained this autograph, on an old piano key, from Detroit when he performed in Atlanta in the late '90's. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45.
552. Masonic. African American Large Pendant. c. 1930's. Photo in painted enamel on tin. Excellent condition. 6" w x 8” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $25
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551. House of Blues. James Brown and The Blues Brothers Poster. 1997. Print on poster. Good to great condition. 19” w x 24” h with frame. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
553. Anonymous. Large Lead Belt Buckle with Female Figure and Leather Belt. 1931. Excellent condition. Buckle is 3.75" diameter. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $25
554. Leroy Almon. KKK Working on Warren Cokley. 1983. Signed, dated and titled. Carved and painted wood relief plaque. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 18.5" w x 13.5” h. Georgia Ku Klux Klansmen broke into the home of an interracial couple, Warren Cokley who is black, and his wife Peggy who is white, and beat and intimated them. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $45
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555 Eddie Arning. Orange Juice Advertisement. Not signed. Craypas on paper. Crease down right side otherwise good to fair condition. 22" w x 16” h. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $45
556. Unknown Artist. Skull. Contemporary cloth art sculpture. c. 1970's. Excellent condition. 9" w x 12” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-400. Ship: $55 Page 116
557. Bernice Sims. Railroad Crossing, Food Bank, Community Action Center. Signed. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. Largest 30" w x 24” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $100
558. Bernice Sims. Four Unframed Memory Paintings. All Signed. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. Average 20" w x 16” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $1,000-2,000. Ship: $85
559. Bernice Sims. Christmas and Church Paintings. signed. Oil on canvas. 16" w x 20” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $65
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560. Chris Clark. The Sermon. 2005. Signed and dated. Hand-sewn and painted fabric. Excellent condition. 44" w x 57” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $45
562. Chris Clark. Juke Joint Band. Paint on fabric quilt. Excellent condition. 35" x 33". Est. $200-$300. Ship: $45 rolled. Page 118
561. Chris Clark. Four Mini Quilts and a Cross. 2005. Signed and dated. Hand-sewn and painted fabric and wood and painted construction. 16" w x 16” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
563. Chris Clark. Madonna and Child Small Quilt. 2010. Signed and dated. Paint on handmade cotton quilt. Excellent condition. 12” x 12”. Est. $100-150. Ship: $30
564. Henry Speller. Erotic Woman On Green Background. Not signed. Crayon and graphite on paper. Excellent condition. 18" w x 24” h. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $55
565. Henry Speller. Erotic Woman in Red. Not signed. Crayon, graphite with marker on paper. Tear upper middle otherwise good to fair condition. 18" w x 24” h. Est. $800-1,200. Ship: $55
567. Henry Speller 566. Henry Speller Three Erotic Women. Not signed. Colored pencil and crayon on paper. Some marker coming through from the other side, otherwise fair condition. 20” x 16” including frame. Est. $200-400. Ship: $45
House. Signed. Mixed media on paper. Toning and slight surface grim, otherwise good to fair condition. 14” w x 11” h. Est. $100-200. Ship: $55
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568. Z.B Armstrong. Doomsday Safe on Wheels. Signed. Paint and marker on primitive constructed box with handles and wheels. Slight fading otherwise good condition. 13" x 22" x 15". Est. $200-$400. Ship: $85
569. Z.B. Armstrong. Pair of Boxes with Ceremonial Teacups. Signed. Marker on scrap wood construction with cups. Great condition. Average size 12" x 10" x 10". Est. $200-$400. Ship: $75
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570. Z.B. Armstrong. Pair of Doomsday Towers. 1986. Signed and dated. Paint and marker on wood construction. Great condition. Largest is 15" h. Est. $200-$300. Ship: $75
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571. Z.B. Armstrong. Double-Sided Dooms Day Calendar. 1988. Not signed. Marker on cardboard. Great condition. 6” x 15”. Provenance: Robert Cargo Gallery. Est. $100-200. Ship: $35
572. Thornton Dial (attributed). Jason. 1993. Titled Watercolor and charcoal on paper. Good condition. Image size 9" w x 12” h. Provenance: Ted Oliver Gallery. Est. $200-400. Ship: $45
573. Willie White. Geometric Squares and Roses. Signed. Marker on poster. Great condition. Size with frame is 31" w x 25” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $85
574. Willie White Three Blue Watermelons. Not signed. Marker and crayon on cardstock. Fair condition. 25” w x 19” h with frame. Est. $25-50. Ship: $45
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575. Lorenzo Scott. Flea Market Lady. Signed and titled. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 19" x 24". Est. $200-$400. Ship: $55
576. Lorenzo Scott. Abstract. Signed. Not dated. Paint on board. Great condition. 24” x 24”. Est. $200-300. Ship: $55
577. Lorenzo Scott. Picking Cotton Signed. Not dated. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. 35” w x 25” h including frame. Est. $400-600. Ship: $85
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578. Rev. L. T. Thomas. Group of Four Works. Ink and crayon on paper. Great condition. 14" x 17" each. Est. $300-$500. Ship: $75
579. Rev. L. T. Thomas. Group of Four Men Piggyback Riding. Ink and crayon on paper. Good to great condition. 14" x 17" each. Est. $300-$500. Ship: $75
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580. Mose Tolliver. Goatferd Turtle. c. early 1980’s. Signed and titled. Paint on found board. Minor loss upper left otherwise excellent condition. 24" x 28". Est. $1,000-1,500. Ship: $75
581. Mose Tolliver. Johnny Snowball. Signed and titled. Paint on board. Excellent condition. 20" x 22". Est.$1,000-1,500. Ship :$45
582. Mose Tolliver. Self Portrait Doing the Beep Bop Dancing. Signed and titled. Paint on found board. Minor rub, otherwise excellent condition. 16" x 33". Est. $1,000-1,500. Ship: $75
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583. Mose Tolliver. Painted Window Boxes and Watermelon. Signed. Paint on wood. Minor paint loss otherwise good to fair condition. Average 41" w x 8” h x 5" d. Est. $300-500. Ship: $200
584. Mose Tolliver. James Brown Portrait. Signed. Paint on found paper. Creases throughout otherwise good condition. Size with frame is 17" w x 22” h. Est. $100-300. Ship: $45
585. Mose Tolliver. Bookshelf Table, Cotton Wagon and Stepstool. All signed. Paint and wood construction. Excellent condition. Largest is 22" w x 24” h. Est. $1,000-2,000. Buyer is responsible for shipping.
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586. Mose Tolliver. Mother and Child With Snake. c. pre-1993. Signed. Paint on board. Paint wear on lower right edge, otherwise good condition. 16" x 32". Provenance: The Jessica Weber Collection. Est. $400-$600. Ship: $75
587. Mose Tolliver. Mose T in Person. c. 1980. Signed and titled. Paint on board. Minor wear on corner and surface grime, otherwise very good condition. 15" x 29". Est. $500-$800. Ship: $85. Provenance: Phyllis Kind Gallery at OAF 2000, Westmoreland Collection, Jessica Weber Collection.
588. Mose Tolliver (attributed). Angel with Halo. Signed. Paint on board. Great condition. 12" x 24". Provenance: Jessica Weber Collection. Est. $200-$300. Ship: $55
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589. Laura James, Woodie Long and Mose Tolliver. Group Lot of Five Works. Some signed. Paint on mixed media. Good to great condition. Largest: 19" w x 14" h. Provenance: The Jessica Weber Collection. Est. $50-100. Ship:$65
590. Mose Tolliver. Erotic Gourd. c. 1995. Signed. Paint on gourd. Great condition. 9.5” h. Provenance: The Jessica Weber Collection. Exhibited in The Century Association NYC An Exhibit of Outsider Art. Est. $100-$200. Ship: $45
592. Tolliver Family Member. King Pharaoh. Not signed. Paint on board. Minor surface wear otherwise good condition. 24" x 24". Est. $50-100. Ship: $65
591. Mose Tolliver Jack Fish. Signed and titled. Paint on masonite. Excellent condition. 10” w x 21” h. Provenance: Jack and Georgine Clark Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
593. Jimmy T. and Mose T. Pair of Paintings. Signed. Paint on board. Good to fair condition. Average size is 16” x 16”. Provenance: The Gary Davenport Collection. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45 Page 127
594. J.B. Murry. Automatic Writing with Top Figure. Signed in his writing. Ink and maker on paper. Great condition. Size with frame 13" x 16". Est. $300-$500. Ship: $45
595. J.B. Murry. Double-Sided Automatic Writing. Not signed. Marker and found masonite. Great condition. 24” w x 18” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
596. J.B. Murry. Automatic Writing. Ink on paper. Slight toning of paper, otherwise good condition. 8” w x 11” h. Est. $100-200. Ship: $25
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597. Tim Kerr. Sit Down Stand Up. Titled. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. 35" w x 51” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55 rolled.
598. Lisa Cain. Two Paintings. Signed. Paint on board. Great condition. Largest is 27" x 15". Est. $100-$200. Ship: $85
599. Sharon Johnson. Six Works Framed Together. 1997. Signed and dated. Oil on canvas panel. Good condition. Size with frame is 22" x 27". Est. $100-$200. Ship: $65
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597. Jimmy Lee Sudduth Three Female Portraits. Signed. Paint and mud on board. Excellent condition. Largest is 16” w x 30” h. Provenance: Robert Cargo Gallery. Est. $400-600. Ship: $75
598. Jimmy Lee Sudduth Gone Fishing. Signed. Not dated. Paint and mud on board. Minor scratch, otherwise good condition. 32” w x 24” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $75
599. Jimmy Lee Sudduth Cabin. Mud on board. Some warping, otherwise fair condition. 29” w x 19” h. Est. $100-200. Ship: $55
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604. Jimmy Lee Sudduth. Woman. c. 1980’s. Signed. Paint and mud on board. Great condition. 11" x 24". Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
603. Jimmy Lee Sudduth Log Cabin. Signed. Paint and mud on corrugated tin. Good condition. 14” x 14”. Est. $100-200. Ship: $55
605. Jimmy Lee Sudduth Woman with Mandolin. Signed. Not dated. Paint and mud on board. Excellent condition. 28” w x 33” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $150
606. Jimmy Lee Sudduth Steam Boat. Signed. Paint and mud on board. Excellent condition. 50” w x 16” h. Provenance: Robert Cargo Gallery. Est. $300-500. Ship: $85 Page 131
607. Anderson Johnson. Group of 10 Artworks. Signed. Paint on mixed media. Good to fair condition. Largest is 20" x 16". Est. $50-100. Ship: $55
608. Anderson Johnson. Lady with Cat. Signed. Paint on found cardboard. Great condition. 28" w x 22” h. Provenance: The Gary Davenport Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $55
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609. Anderson Johnson Twins. 1993. Signed and dated. Paint on cardboard. Great condition. 8” w x 16” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $35
610. Anderson Johnson. George Washington. 1994. Signed and dated. Paint on found glass window. Minor scratches in paint, otherwise good to fair condition. 33.5" w x 25.5” h. Provenance: The Gary Davenport Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $85
611. Anderson Johnson Woman In Green Hat. 1995. Signed and dated. Paint on canvas panel. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 16” w x 21” h. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
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613. Dilmus Hall Mrs. Shaw. Signed. Ink and crayon on paper. Great condition. 14” w x 11” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $25 612. George Williams. Statue of Liberty. Not signed. Carved and painted wood. Break and repair to left arm, and missing two crown spikes, overall good to fair condition. 21” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $65
614. Vannoy Streeter Model T. Not signed. Hand-twisted metal wire and cloth sculpture. Great condition. 13” x 10” x 7”. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
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615. Bessie Harvey Stick and Face. 1989. Signed and dated. Painted found root with applied eyes. Good condition. 25” h x 17” x 17”. Est. $100-200. Ship: $125
617. Sam Macmillan Big Apple Pedestal. Signed. Painted wooden pedestal. Excellent condition. 31” h x 12” x 12”. Est. $100-300. Ship: $85
616. Sam Macmillan Mailbox, Coat Rack, Sam, Shoes. Paint on mixed media. Good condition. Largest is 71” h. Est. $200-300. Buyer is responsible for shipping.
618. Sam Macmillan Suitcase and End Table. Signed. Paint on found suitcase and wooden table. Both in great condition. Table is 22” h x 16” diameter. Provenance: Jack and Georgine Clarke. Est. $200-300. Ship: $125
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619. Mr. Imagination. Pingpong Paddle Head. 2003. Signed and dated. Mixed media on pingpong paddle. Large paint flake on ear, otherwise good to fair condition. 15” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $65
621. M.C. 5 Cent Jones. Sharecroppers. Signed. Not dated. Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 21" x 21". Est. $200-$400. Ship: $65
620. Cornelia Row Bolen. Needle Point Reproduction of Clementine Hunter Going Fishing Scene. Not signed or dated. Wool and cotton on canvas. Excellent condition. 22” w x 19” with frame. Est. $200-300. Ship: $55
622. M.C. 5 Cent Jones. Chickens in the Field. Signed. Paint and ink on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 18" x 15". Est. $100-$200. Ship: $45
623. Arliss Watford. JFK. 1985. Signed and dated. Carved and painted wood. Excellent condition. 8" x 5" x 11.5” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
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624. Mary Proctor Pair of Works. 1999 and 2010. Signed and dated. Paint and mixed media on board. Great condition. Largest is 12” w x 21” h. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
625. Mary Proctor. Lord Can You Use Me. Signed. Titled. Metal and paint on board. Excellent condition. 24" x 24". Est. $200-$300. Ship: $55
626. Mary Proctor I Remember My Sweet Nanny. Signed and titled. Paint and mixed media on board. Excellent condition. 18” w x 24” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
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627. Willie Jinks. NateBar. Signed. Paint on found board. Great condition. 24" x 16". Est. $300-500. Ship: $65
628. Willie Jinks. Hopper Man and Wife. Paint on found board. 12" x 28" each. Est. $300-500. Ship: $65
629. Willie Jinks. Woman with Dog. Signed. Paint on found table top. Great condition. 34" x 27". Est. $500-800. Ship: $100
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630. Roger Rice. Two Figures and Tree. Signed. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. 24" w x 30". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $500-800. Ship: $65
631. Roger Rice. The Mighty Men. Signed. Colored pencil on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 24" w x 22” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
632. Roger Rice. The Sin Offering. Signed. Colored pencil on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 24" w x 21” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
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633. Roger Rice. Holy Ghost Baptism. Signed. Colored pencil on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame 24" w x 21” h. Prov: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
634. Roger Rice. Holy Ground. Signed. Colored pencil on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame 21" w x 24” h. Prov.: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
635. Roger Rice. Jesus Takes The Keys From Hell and Death. Signed. Colored pencil on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame 21" w x 24” h. Prov.: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
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636. Roger Rice. Final Goodbyes To Lost Love Ones. Signed. Colored pencil on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 21" w x 24” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
638. Roger Rice. The Ark of God. Signed. Colored pencil on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 24" w x 21” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
637. Roger Rice. A Sacrifice For Sin. Signed. Colored pencil on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame is 24" w x 21” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
639. Roger Rice. The Harvest of the Earth. Signed. Colored pencil on paper. Excellent condition. Size with frame 21" w x 24.5” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
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640. Archie Byron Man With Penis Leg. Signed. Not dated. Carved on found wood stump. Good condition. 17” x 14”. Est. $100-200. Ship: $75
642. Dorethey Gorham Summertime In Town. Signed. Oil on masonite. Excellent condition. 24” w x 20” h with frame. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
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641. Archie Byron Portrait with Mirrors. c. 1992. Signed. Sawdust and glue construction with paint and mirrors. Minor chip, otherwise good to fair condition. 11” x 14” h. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
643. Unknown. Staples the Traper. Signed. Paint on canvas panel. Some scratches, otherwise fair condition. 18” w x 24” h with frame. Est. $25-50. Ship: $35
644. Leroy Almon. Group of 4 Artworks. 1983. Paint and glitter on mixed media. Good to fair condition. Largest is 8" x 15". Est. $50-100. Ship: $35
646. Inez Kirk. City Scene with Ducks. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. 26" x 20". Est. $100-200. Ship: $55
645. Leroy Almon Giraffe. 1985. Signed and dated. Carved and painted wood-relief plaque. Excellent condition. 5” w x 24” h. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
647. Inez Kirk. Small Town. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. 22" x 18". Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
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648. Alyne Harris & C. Reese. Pair of Paintings. Signed. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. Largest is 25" x 19". Est. $50-100. Ship:$65
649. Sarah Mary Taylor. Five Female Figures. Signed. Marker and crayon on paper. Poor condition. Size with frame is 15" x 21". Est. $50-$100. Ship: $45
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650. Archie Byron Pair of Drawings. Signed. Not dated. Mixed media on paper. Great condition. Average size with frames is 12” x 12”. Est. $50-75. Ship: $35
651. Rev. Seymour Perkins Cowboys.
652. Rev. Seymour Perkins
Initialed. Not dated. Paint on vinyl window shade. Great condition. 27” w x 23” h. Est. $200-400. Ship: $45
2004. Signed and dated. Paint and glitter on window shade. Good condition. 39” w x 29” h. Est. $200-400. Ship: $45 (rolled)
Angels.
653. Scottie Lee Martin Luther King, Jr. 2006. Signed, dated and titled. Paint on board. Good condition. 11” x 12”. Est. $50-100. Ship: $35
654. Variety of Artists. Group Lot of Five Artworks. Signed. Mixed media on canvas panel. Great condition. Largest is 25" x 19". Est. $200-$300. Ship: $85
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655. Earl Simmons. Coke Bottle. Signed. Paint on wood cut out. 9” w x 28” h. Est. $100-200. Ship: $35
656. Hubert Walters. Old Barn House. Not signed. Paint over bondo construction. Good condition. 12” x 12” x 5”. Est. $50-100. Ship: $55
657. Emitte Hych. Pair of Portraits. Signed. Mixed media on paper. Great condition. 17” x 14” average size with matts. Provenance: Robert Cargo Gallery. Est. $100-200. Ship: $35
658. Lucy Hunnicutt. Money Talk. Signed and titled. Oil on board. Excellent condition. 20” x 20”. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
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659. Unknown Artist Man with Guitar. Not signed. Crayon on paper. Great condition. 14” w x 21” h. Provenance: Robert Cargo Gallery. Est. $25-50. Ship: $35
660. Ernest Lee Picking Cotton. 1997. Signed and dated. Paint on artist board. Excellent condition. 23” w x 15” h with frame. Est. $100-150. Ship: $35
661. Earnest Lee, Alyne Harris, Jerry Coker, and Schlegel. Group of Four Works. Signed. Paint on mixed media. Great condition. Largest 28" x 22". Est. $100-$200. Ship: $65
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662. Marcus Staples. Plantation Scene. Signed. Not dated. Oil on canvas panel. Great condition. 9” w x 12” h. Est. $25-50. Ship: $35
664. Unknown Artist. Women Outside Church. Not signed. Oil on canvas panel. Excellent condition. 28” w x 24” h with frame. Est. $500-100. Ship: $55
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663. Annie Greene. Washer Woman. c. 1996. Signed and titled. Yarn art. Excellent condition. 24” w x 28” h including frame. Est. $500-800. Ship: $65
665. Toby Hollinghead. Mother and Daughter. Signed and titled. Paint on found metal stop sign. Excellent condition. 30” x 30”. Provenance: Marcia Weber. Est. $100-200. Ship: $75
666. John Henry Toney Adam and Eve With Serpents. 2007. Signed and dated. Mixed media on poster. 28” w x 22” h. Good condition with some creases at corners (as purchased from Toney). Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
667. Leonard Jones Group of Five Paintings. Oil on metal. Largest is 27” x 23”. Est. $100-200. Ship: $85
668. Anonymous Black and White Tribal Figure. Not signed. Carved and pained wood. Great condition. 16” h x 7” x 3”. Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
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669. Earl Simmons. Tug-A-War Anchor. 1995. Signed and dated on verso. Pastel on brown paper bag. 12” w x 17” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
671. Earl Simmons. Single Engine. 1996. Signed and dated on verso. Pastel on brown paper bag. Great condition. 17” w x 12” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
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670. Earl Simmons. Old Milwaukee. 1995. Signed and dated on verso. Pastel on brown paper bag. Great condition. 17” w x 12” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
672. Earl Simmons. Silence Park. 1995. Signed and dated on verso. Pastel on brown paper bag. Great condition. 12” w x 17” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
673. Earl Simmons. Just Purchased Plant From The Vacation Land. 1996. Signed and dated on verso. Pastel on brown paper bag. Great condition. 12” x 17” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
675. Earl Simmons. Maybe Later...Not Now. 1966. Signed and dated on verso. Pastel on brown paper bag. Good condition. 12” w x 17” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
674. Earl Simmons. Kingpin Morris. 1996. Signed and dated on verso. Pastel on brown paper bag. Great condition. 12” w x 17” h. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
676. Earl Simmons. A Moment To Reassure. 1996. Signed and dated on verso. Pastel on brown paper bag. 12” x 17” h. Good condition. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
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677. Opal May. Cemetary Tree. Oil on canvas panel. Excellent condition. 24" x 19". Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
679. Opal May. Pickin' Cotton. Oil on panel. Excellent condition. 19" x 15". Est. $100-200. Ship: $35
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678. Opal May. I'm Not Sick. Oil on canvas panel. Excellent condition. 23" x 19". Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
680. Opal May. Rest... After Labor. Signed and titled. Oil on canvas panel. Excellent condition. 23" x 20". Est. $100-200. Ship:$55
681. Opal May. Plantin' Time. Signed and titled. Oil on canvas panel. Excellent condition. 19" x 16". Est. $100-200. Ship: $55
683. Opal May. Hog Killing. Oil on board. Excellent condition. 24" x 24". Est. $100-200. Ship:$55
682. Opal May. A Boy and His Dog. Oil on canvas panel. Some staining upper left, otherwise good condition. 15" x 20". Est. $100-200. Ship: $45
684. Opal May. Left Hand Path. Signed and titled. Oil on canvas panel. Excellent condition. 23" x 20". Est. $100-200. Ship: $55
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687. Ras Dizzy 685. Ras Dizzy
686. Ras Dizzy
Be Ye Faithful Unto Your Lord for All The Pain He Bears The Cross. 1992. Signed. Tempera on matboard. Excellent condition. 12.5” w x 18.75” h. Frame is 18” w x 24” h. Provenance: Cavin Morris, 1997. Est. $300-500. Ship: $55
Jesy West - A Shefield Cowboy. Signed. Tempera on matboard. 15.5” w x 20.5” h. Frame is 22” w x 26” h. Excellent condition. Provenance: Cavin Morris 1997. Est. $300-500. Ship: $65
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Kid Marcus. c. 1998. Signed and dated. Oil and tempera on matboard. Text on verso. Image is 9.25” w x 12” h. Frame is 15” w x 18” h. Excellent condition. Provenance: Cavin Morris, 1998. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
688. Ras Dizzy
689. Ras Dizzy
Rastafarians Assemble. 1998. Signed and dated. Oil and tempera on matboard. Text on verso. Image is 15.25” w x 11.25” h. Frame is 21” w x 17” h. Provenance: Cavin Morris, 1998. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
Untitled Bird. 1998. Signed. Tempera and oil on matboard. Excellent condition. 14.25” w x 11” h. Frame is 20” w x 17” h. Provenance: Cavin Morris Gallery, 1998. Est. $300-500. Ship: $45
690. Pauline Graff Little Ozmun (1902-1993). Cafe Interior with African Americans. c. 1940s. Watercolor on paper. Image is 15.5" w x 11” h. Frame is 21" w x 16” h. Excellent condition. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
691. Old Robbie. Woman With Her Five Children. 1966. Signed and dated. Watercolor and graphite on paper. Excellent condition. Image is 11” w x 13.5” h. Frame is 21” w x 18". Est. $100-200. Ship: $55
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692. Anonymous. Memory Voo-Doo Doll. Mixed media attached to doll figure. Great condition. 19” high. Est. $100-$200. Ship: $55
693. Anonymous. Box Lot of Stereotypical African American Trinkets and Souvenirs. Mixed media. Good to fair condition. Largest piece is 26” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $85 Estate Collection of Black Americana, including candle sticks, Uncle Moses & Aunt Jemima, antique folk art clay African American standing doll, African American toy car, folk art candle, Angelic smiling hand made pin cushion doll, two vintage carved wooden figures, folk art minstrel wooden figures with band instruments, folk art bell, German Reich era figural face miniature lamp signed DRGM, folk art bolt,ashtray figurine, Sambo candle with watermelon, hand carved American folk art figures, hand made rag doll, black Americana folk art man and pigs candle, folk art carved old man w/ knife, 2 African American figurine resin lady making bread and child reading, celluloid matchsafe/ toothpick holder, Firestone chalkware rubber plantation worker.
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694. Anonymous. Large Group of African American Dolls. Mixed media. All dolls are good to fair condition. Largest is 24” h. Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $75
695. Unknown Doll. Not signed. Mixed media fabric over tin can with weights. Good condition. 23” h x 10” d. Est. $100-150. Ship: $55
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696. Stereotypical Advertisements. Group of four ads on tin and two Coon-Chicken Inn menu fans. Some expected wear and original holes from hanging on tin. Average size of tin is 11.5" x 17.5". Fans minor toning on edges otherwise very good condition. 8" x 12". Provenance: The Richard Harris African American Experience Collection. Est. $200-300. Ship: $45
697. Reproduction Song Book Cover Hush A Bye Baby. Print on paper. Good condition. 14” x 17” h including frame. Est. $5-10. Ship: $35
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698. Grandma Mozelle Brown. Group of Twenty Works. All Signed. Oil on canvas and canvas panel. All good to great condition. Largest with frame is 22" w x 32" h. Provenance: The African American Experience Collection. Est. $300-500. Buyer is responsible for shipping.
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