CIVIL RIGHTS "SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLICE" FREEDOM SUMMER MURDERS POSTER.
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Winning Bid:
$678.20 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
8
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 19, 2024 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
#242 - Session 1
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Item Description
10.75x16.75" w/"Proceeds To Civil Rights Movement" on reverse listing cost of "$1" and address in Los Angeles to obtain more. 1965. Features photograph from the arraignment of 18 of the 21 Mississippians in connection with the murder of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi. James Chaney, Mickey Schwerner and Andrew Goodman were arrested and then released to klansman who tortured and murdered them, eventually hiding their bodies on a remote farm. The murders were a turning point in the civil rights movement that brought national attention to the atrocities being committed against African Americans in the south. Pin holes on each of the corners, as well as a few small areas of surface loss on image along the left edge. Otherwise light wear along the edges. VF. Historic and rare.
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