RARE MARCUS GARVEY UNITED NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION CONVENTION BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$1,947.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
2-1/8" w/W&H back paper. Design incorporates key symbols of Marcus Garvey's organizations including a steam ship, palm tree, rising sun, pair of black stars and an early version of the United Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League flag. This button was used during the first "UNIA-ACL" National Convention occurring August 1, 1920 at Madison Square Garden. Exc. A rare and important artifact of Garvey, Pan-Africanism, and the African American experience in America.
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