"430,000 VOTELESS CITIZENS SAY UNSEAT MISSISSIPPI CONGRESSMEN" MFDP CIVIL RIGHTS POSTERS.
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Winning Bid:
$1,009.55
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
14x22" thin cardboard poster. On the first day on Congress 1965 MFDP lawyers filed a challenge to the right of five Mississippi Congressmen to take their seats in the House Of Representatives. The argument was based on the Congressmen being nominated and elected in a process that African Americans were systematically excluded from. The challenge was backed up by 15,000 pages of sworn testimony about conditions in Mississippi gathered by a team of lawyers during the limited 40 day window allowed by law. Toning at edges and moderate handling wear. VF. A rare artifact from the struggle for voting rights. First we've seen. Rare. Ted Watts Collection.
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