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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) KING, MARTIN LUTHER JR. MALCOLM X.
Photographic poster showing Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. smiling
and shaking hands.
24 x 18 inches; tiny closed tear to right margin, not affecting the
image.
Philadelphia: House of Shabazz, circa 1965
[500/750]
An unusual poster with long quotes from each of these giants: “Violence as a means of achiev-
ing racial justice is both impractical and immoral . . .”-King. “I think there are plenty of good
people in America, but I think therew are also plenty of bad people in America, and the bad
ones are the ones who seem to have all the power . . . —Malcolm X.
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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) KING, MARTIN LUTHER JR.
The Poor People’s
Campaign, 1968 SCLC.
Black and white poster, by Bailey 21
1
⁄
2
by 14
1
⁄
2
inches; some dis-
coloration across the top white lettering.
Atlanta, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1968
[800/1,200]
A striking poster done from a charcoal drawing of Martin Luther King Jr. in the center of a
group of people.
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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) KING, MARTIN LUTHER JR. LEE, PETE.
The original
untitled lithograph of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Birmingham Jail; later used
for the poster “Say that I was a Drum Major,” signed in the lower right corner
by Lee.
36 x 24 inches, linen-backed; paper toned, especially at the edges.
Np, circa 1968.
[1,500/2,500]
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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) KING, MARTIN LUTHER JR. LEE, PETE.
Say that I was
a Drum Major, Say that I was a Drum Major for Justice . . .
Poster by Pete Lee,
35
1
⁄
2
x 22 inches, printed in black and silver.
SIGNED IN WHITE MARKER IN THE LOWER
RIGHT CORNER
.
NP, 1968
[1,500/2,500]
A striking poster depicting Martin Luther King Jr. in the Birmingham Jail.
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