"COLOR US CULLUD!" AMERICAN NEGRO LEADERSHIP 1963 SATIRICAL COLORING BOOK.
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Winning Bid:
$295.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
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Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, June 29, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #232 Part I
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Item Description
8.5x11" card stock wrapper w/28 pages. Published by "Black Standard Publishing Co." & 'Written And Illustrated By Cecil Elombe Brath." Title page notes "To Aid In Promoting The Program Of The African Nationalist Pioneer Movement." Each page features a cutting satirical view of a noted African American leader including: A Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkins, Whitney M. Young, James Farmer, James Forman, John L. Lewis, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Ralph Bunche, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr., Jackie Robinson, Floyd Patterson, Dick Gregory, Bayard Rustin, Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad & Wallace Fard. Author Brath holds no punches as illustrated by caption below M. L. King reading in part "He Sends Children To Try And Soothe The Savage Beasts, But The Cracker Beasts Must Be Deaf, Because They Blew Up The Children, Songs And Prayers, Along With The Church Too!" concluding "Now He's Dealing In Dreams... Color Him A Nightmare!" Center pages detached at staples. Moderate edge wear and age toning throughout. Fine. First we've seen in our 54 years.
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