Hear Martin Luther King
New York: [American Committee on Africa], 1965. Zinc printing plate (12 1/4” X 16 1/4”), a relic mounted on hardwood, for the “Rally on Human Rights Day” Dec. 10, 1965, to “Benefit South African Victims of Apartheid” (raising money for the legal defense and family support of political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela). Fine condition, eyelet and wire on verso. The plate was used, posters were printed, but no copies are known, though I located 2 extant examples of a smaller leaflet with similar text. The Hunter College (NY) rally included Dr. King, Miriam Makeba, Leon Bibb, Pete Seeger, and H. E. Achkar Marof, chairman of the U. N. Committee on Apartheid (and Guinea’s Delegate to the U. N.). A unique 1960s vestige, and the opening nexus formally unifying the Civil Rights and Anti–Apartheid movements. Item #47
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$15,000.00