Newsprint paper advising "Colored Voters to Support the Republican Party. Advises that the Howell-Barkley Railroad Bill discriminates against colored men and women.

This is a small 66 page magazine.  Some wear. This was an African Publication, now has a digital presence only.

I bought this from a dealer at the Atlanta Scott Market for $65.  He wouldn't come down as he had gotten Angela Davis to autograph it and stuck a button that he had worn onto it.  I believe the button may be scarce as I have never seen it in this size before.  The People before Profits celluloid measures two and a half inches.  Some greyish spotting in the white field.  

Lester Maddox defends himself against the charges of the Atlanta newspapers. Can be mailed in a legal sized envelope for the price of a stamp. Excessive charges on the invoice will be refunded. 

Postally used card, cancelled from Atlanta in 1965. Racist, propaganda message on the back proclaiming King as a communist. This card was issued by the American Opinion in Belmont Massachusetts. This was taken at the Highlander Folk School in 1957 in Monteagle Tn. Some wear to the corners including a tip crease.

The Highlander Folk School, located in Grundy County, Tennessee, at the southern tip of the Cumberland Mountains, was the leading training center for southern labor and civil ights leaders for nearly three decades (1932-1961). In 1961, the school’s charter was revoked by the state of Tennessee for irregularities in its operation as a non-profit organization. Within a few weeks, the school reopened in Knoxville, Tennessee, under another charter granted to the Highlander Research and Education Center.

Five stickers used in the campaign of Ronnie Thompson, former Mayor of  Macon.  He also ran for Governor of Georgia.  He was quite a colorful politician.  You can read about him in the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Thompson_(Georgia_politician)  

Small stamp which measures two inches. Good condition. Disclaimer: I am not sympathetic to the beliefs or practices of the KKK. I am merely a collector of history, which some groups would like to forget or distort.

This is a cardboard poster which measures 21 by 22 inches.  Minor corner and edge wear.  

Three and a half inch celluloid featuring Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy.  "I Have a Dream".  There is some clear spotting mostly around the edges.  Brown spot, pin prick size visible in the scan.  Two small spots of celluoid errors on the edges.  This button presents well despite the condition problems and is a scarce button. 

8 X 10 photograph of a photograph.  The caption reads "Liberation School Teacher Robert Holcomb, a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, tells newsmen about his teaching duties in Nashville's Liberation school."  In the background one can see a photo of the late Malcolm X and a drawing depicting black power.  See AP Wire story." Stamp on the back reads Property of Newspaper Division Aug 1967 Field Enterprises." Good condition but clarity is not sharp.   

Minor wear to this metal car tag which I assume was made after his assassination.

This great poster measures 30 by 24 inches. Creasing in upper right hand corner area, probably could be smoothed out with proper framing. There is an small area of damage in the middle area which unfortunately happened on my watch. This area is magnified in the scan. I think it could be touched up for framing. This poster celebrates the passage of a holiday for Martin Luther King which was enacted in 1986. Various states were reluctant to implement it calling the holiday by different names but by the year 2000 all states celebrated Martin Luther King Day.

Uncommon civil rights and union button which measures three inches. Some spots on the scan were on the button and have been cleaned.

One and 3/4 of an inch button symbolizing the concept of black and white equality.

7/8 of an inch litho in good condition.

Scarce 5/8 of an inch litho button in nice condition.

Colorful KKK paper item. Some acidic stains on the edges, otherwise in nice condition.

Good condition on this item which is usually found foxed or damaged. Some circular dents at outer corners which I think probably happened in assembly. Some light surface scratches visable only under magnification.

Broadside or flyer, racist in content. 1944 is the only date mentioned. Very thin pape with tears and a hole. Printed in New Orleans. "In 1944 genuine Democrats made the first serious move to eliminate from the real Democratic Party the alleged Negro-loving pink and red Mongrels who falsely called themselves Democrats...' Mention is made of Governor Fielding Wright of Mississippi, Senator James Eastland, also of Mississippi. Proposing a Democratic convention below the Mason Dixon line. No civil rights collection would be complete without examples of this type of propaganda.