[Civil Rights]

A group of 6 autographs of a prominent African and several African-Americans and civil rights activists, all matted, glazed and framed, comprising: Marian Anderson. Autographed concert program signed ("Marian Anderson"), at the Teatro Odeon, Rosario, Argentina, 11 August 1937; signature quite faded. — Wa. E. B. DuBois. Typed letter signed ("W.E.B. DuBois") on the stationery The Crisis, New York, 20 November 1930, to Forrest Bailey demonstrating interest in a study of the "Negro problem" by a writer named Spivak; paper age-toned. Matted, glazed and framed with a black-and-white photograph of DuBois. — Paul Laurence Dunbar. Autograph poem signed ("Paul Laurence Dunbar"), 8 lines ("They please me not — the solemn songs | That hint of sermons covered up ... "), n.p.,  7 January 1901, matted and glazed with a black-and-white photograph of Dunbar. — William Lloyd Garrison. Autograph sentiment signed ("Wm. Lloyd Garrison") on a slip of paper, dated Boston, 20 December 1864, the sentiment being "Liberty for each, for all, and for ever!). The sentiment and engraved portrait of Garrison embedded within a copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator which Garrison founded, dated 21 March 1864. — Rosa Parks. First day issue envelope with a 15-cent stamp bearing the likeness of Martin Luther King, signed "Rosa Parks," dated-stamped Atlanta, 13 January 1979. Together with a black-and-white photograph of Rosa Parks inscribed "March 23, 1994 | Rosa Parks | To Harry Belafonte | With my best wishes." The two autographs matted, glazed an framed together.  — Ahmed Sekou Toure, liberator and first president of Guinea, the first French colony to declare independence from France. Color photograph inscribed at the bottom caption: "A notre frère et ami Harry Belafonte | Ahmed Sekou Toure | ce 6 Mai 1964"; photograph slightly faded.

A group of 6 autographs of a prominent African and several African-Americans and civil rights activists, all matted, glazed and framed, comprising: Marian Anderson. Autographed concert program signed ("Marian Anderson"), at the Teatro Odeon, Rosario, Argentina, 11 August 1937; signature quite faded. — Wa. E. B. DuBois. Typed letter signed ("W.E.B. DuBois") on the stationery The Crisis, New York, 20 November 1930, to Forrest Bailey demonstrating interest in a study of the "Negro problem" by a writer named Spivak; paper age-toned. Matted, glazed and framed with a black-and-white photograph of DuBois. — Paul Laurence Dunbar. Autograph poem signed ("Paul Laurence Dunbar"), 8 lines ("They please me not — the solemn songs | That hint of sermons covered up ... "), n.p., 7 January 1901, matted and glazed with a black-and-white photograph of Dunbar. — William Lloyd Garrison. Autograph sentiment signed ("Wm. Lloyd Garrison") on a slip of paper, dated Boston, 20 December 1864, the sentiment being "Liberty for each, for all, and for ever!). The sentiment and engraved portrait of Garrison embedded within a copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator which Garrison founded, dated 21 March 1864. — Rosa Parks. First day issue envelope with a 15-cent stamp bearing the likeness of Martin Luther King, signed "Rosa Parks," dated-stamped Atlanta, 13 January 1979. Together with a black-and-white photograph of Rosa Parks inscribed "March 23, 1994 | Rosa Parks | To Harry Belafonte | With my best wishes." The two autographs matted, glazed an framed together. — Ahmed Sekou Toure, liberator and first president of Guinea, the first French colony to declare independence from France. Color photograph inscribed at the bottom caption: "A notre frère et ami Harry Belafonte | Ahmed Sekou Toure | ce 6 Mai 1964"; photograph slightly faded.
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