Civil Rights Movement

Lewis et. al. marching
U.S. Civil Rights Movement Documents and Photographs on Show
April 26, 2023
A revealing new Princeton University Library exhibition Nobody Turn Us Around: The Freedom Rides and Selma to Montgomery Marches: Selections from th
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an early draft of the Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963
MLK Letter Leads Sale of African Americana at Swann
March 17, 2021
New York — Printed & Manuscript African Americana is on offer at Swann Galleries Thursday, March 25.
Birmingham Jail Logbook
MLK-Signed Birmingham Jail Logbook Offered at Hake’s Feb. 24-25 Auction
February 15, 2021
York, PA – Black History Month, observed annually in February, recognizes the African-American struggle for freedom and key events that empowered the Civil Rights Movement.
Frederick Douglass letter
Activists and Social Leaders Headline Autographs & Artifacts Auction
December 28, 2020
Boston — RR Auction's first sale of the New Year is led by leaders: icons of the Civil Rights movement, political powerhouses, and social activists that bro
Poe Letter
Poe Letter at Auction Closing September 12
September 3, 2020
Amherst, NH — Hosted live from our New Hampshire offices, this installment of RR Auction's annual elite
Ruby Bridges
Picturing the Civil Rights Movement Through Children's Books
August 20, 2020
Yesterday, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted a virtual media preview of its forthcoming in-person exhibition -- the museum recently reopened wit
17th Year Afro-American’s Travel Guide
Swann’s Printed & Manuscript African Americana Sale Brings $744k
May 20, 2020
New York — Swann Galleries’ Thursday, May 7 sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana was held live online and was conducted remotely.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Handwritten Notes, Writings, and Correspondence at Heritage Auctions
September 19, 2013