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Roy Wilkins MARTIN LUTHER KING Medgar Evers widow MYRLIE EVERS 1963 Orig Photo

$ 132

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
  • Featured Refinements: Press Photo
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Color: Black & White
  • Condition: This is a 7 by 9 inch vintage original press photo from 1963. It has several staple holes, including a few within the image portion, see scan of the back. There are creases in the upper right corner. The press paper has become detached from the back.
  • Photo Type: Gelatin Silver
  • Original/Reprint: Original Print
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Framing: Unframed
  • Subject: Celebrities & Musicians
  • Date of Creation: 1960-1969

    Description

    This is a 7x9 inch vintage original press photo from 1963.
    Myrlie Evers
    , widow of Mississippi integrationist leader Medgar W. Evers receives a posthumous award for her late husband from
    Dr. Harry D. Gideonse
    , President of Freedom House.
    The special award was presented in New York Nov. 26, at the Freedom House annual dinner held in honor of integration leaders
    Roy Wilkins and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Medgar Evers was head of the Mississippi NAACP when slain by a sniper last summe
    r.
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