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Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court’s first African American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education.

Below is a recent realized price for a Young Thurgood Marshall signed photo civil rights dedication item. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:

Young Thurgood Marshall Signed Photo Civil Rights Dedication. Sold for over $1,000.

Here is a Thurgood Marshall Supreme court photo we have sold in the past:

Rehnquist Supreme Court Signed Photo — All Nine Justices Sign Including William Rehnquist, Sandra Day O’Connor & Thurgood Marshall — 19.25” x 16.25”

Photo of the U.S. Supreme Court headed by William Rehnquist, signed by all nine justices. Includes the sharp, clear signatures of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O’Connor, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White, Harry A. Blackmun, Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens and Anthony Kennedy. 14” x 11” photograph is matted to a 19.25” x 16.25” board, upon which the Justices sign. Some soiling to board and bumping to right edge, else near fine. Sold for $880.

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Martin Luther King Signed Speech Accepting the NAACP 1957 Spingarn Medal for the Montgomery Bus Boycott — ”…it is ultimately more honorable to walk in dignity than ride in humiliation…”

Martin Luther King, Jr. signed acceptance speech for his leadership in the historic Montgomery bus boycott. King boldly signs the first page of the speech, Best Wishes / To Ruth / M.L. King Jr.” on 28 June 1957, the day he accepted the Spingarn Medal, an annual award bestowed by the NAACP for outstanding achievement by an African American. Its recipients include Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall and Rosa Parks, the woman who ignited the boycott that would result in the 1956 Supreme Court decision declaring bus segregation unconstitutional. King’s 14 page speech is an inspiration to all those who grow impatient with the speed of justice and question the best route to get there. It reads in part,

”…This is an honor that I will cherish so long as the chords of memory shall lengthen…In accepting this award I would like to feel that you are really honoring the 50,000 Negro citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, who more than a year ago came to see that it is ultimately more honorable to walk in dignity than ride in humiliation…They are really what Jesus called the salt of the earth. Their quiet dignity and determined courage will be a source of inspiration to generations yet unborn…One day America will realize that the NAACP has proved to be one of its best friends, for by fighting so persistently for the rights of Negroes, purely within the framework of legal democracy, it has saved the Negro from turning to some foreign ideology for the solution of his problem. The NAACP has given hope and courage to a disinherited people who dared only to dream of freedom…If I were standing at the beginning of time, and the Almightly [sic] gave me a panoramic view of the whole of history, and then proceeded to ask me which age I would prefer to live in, strangely enough I would by pass the great glory of Greek culture…I would bypass the days of the Hebrew Exodus…I would bypass the days when the Roman Empire stood at the zenith of its power with all of its intricate and astounding military machinery; I would bypass the days of the Renaissance…I would even bypass the French and American Revolutions; and finally I would turn to the Almighty and say, ‘If you will allow me to live just a few years in the second half of the 20th Century, I will be happy.’..” Speech runs 14 pages on 14 separate sheets. ”For Release Upon Delivery” appears at top. Very light wear and creasing, and staple to upper left. Overall near fine condition. Sold for $18,750.

Martin Luther King Signed First Edition of ”Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” — Scarce Title Signed by King

Martin Luther King, Jr. signed first edition of ”Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”, scarce as signed. New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Complete in original dust jacket, King signs the front free endpaper in blue ballpoint, ”To Miss Virginia Kracke / In appreciation for your great support / Martin Luther King Jr.” Published in 1967, this would be King’s last book before his assassination, with topics ranging from the 1967 riots to the Vietnam War, and calling ultimately for human rights, hope and reconciliation. Book measures 6” x 8.5”, bound in black and yellow boards with gilt lettering. Housed in dust jacket with price of $4.95. Small stain on rear jacket, otherwise both the book and jacket are in near fine condition. Sold for $16,106.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Copy of His Nobel Peace Prize Program — The First We Have Seen With No Auction Records of Any Previously and Possibly the Only One Extant

Martin Luther King, Jr. signed program for the 10 December 1964 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, signed by King during the reception held in his honor at the American Embassy in Oslo, Norway. King, at 35 the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, signs ”Martin Luther King” on the front cover of the program. Elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, an organization to provide new leadership for the burgeoning civil rights movement, King based his ideals for this organization on Christian principles and nonviolent methods of Mahatma Gandhi. As the symbolic leader of the movement to end racial segregation and discrimination through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means, he was singled out by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to receive the Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. The card style program, in Norwegian, listing music to be performed, including a selection from Gershwin’s ”Porgy and Bess,” and the names of speakers, including King, measures approximately 5.5” x 7.5”. Light foxing, else near fine. A moving tribute to American hero, Martin Luther King. Sold for $14,032.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Copy of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Program Where King Was Awarded the Prize — Possibly the Only One Extant

Martin Luther King, Jr. signed program for the 10 December 1964 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, signed by King during the reception held in his honor at the American Embassy in Oslo, Norway. King, at 35 the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, signs ”Martin Luther King” on the front cover of the program. Elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, an organization to provide new leadership for the burgeoning civil rights movement, King based his ideals for this organization on Christian principles and nonviolent methods of Mahatma Gandhi. As the symbolic leader of the movement to end racial segregation and discrimination through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means, he was singled out by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to receive the Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. The card style program, in Norwegian, lists music to be performed, including a selection from Gershwin’s ”Porgy and Bess”, and the names of speakers, including King. Measures 5.5” x 7.5”. Light foxing, else near fine. Lot is accompanied by letters and press clippings from Paul Moody, who attended the ceremony and acquired the autograph from King. A moving tribute to the American hero, Martin Luther King. Sold for $13,125.

Incredible Martin Luther King Handwritten Pages For ”Stride Toward Freedom” — Detailing the Momentous Rosa Parks Incident — ”…they agreed that the Negroes should boycott the buses…”

Truly rare Martin Luther King, Jr. autograph draft pages from Chapter 3 of his important civil rights book, ”Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”. Dr. King’s first book was published in 1958 when he was only 29 years old. The book provides a moving account of successful nonviolent resistance in the 1955-56 Montgomery, Alabama bus strike amid the burgeoning civil rights movement. Here, Dr. King puts pen to paper to powerfully document in his own words what is single-handedly one of the most important moments in civil rights history, when Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. Handwritten manuscript reads in full, ”(I meant the paragraph in place of first sentence of sentence paragraph 12A) / Only E.D. Nixon the signer of Mrs. Parks land – and one or two other persons were aware of the arrest when it occurred early Thursday evening. Late in the evening the word got around to a few influential women of the community, mostly members of the Women’s Political Council. After a series of telephone calls back and forth they agreed that the Negroes should boycott the buses. They immediately suggested the idea to Nixon and he readily convened in his usual courageous manner he agreed to spearhead the idea. Just before calling me Nixon had decided the idea with Rev. Ralph…” 2pp. draft measures 8.5” x 11” in black ink, with some edits in red ink. Very minor toning, else near fine condition. From the collection of Maude Ballou, Martin Luther King Jr.’s close friend and personal secretary. Sold for $12,500.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Autographed Cover of “Time” Magazine — As Time’s 1964 “Man of the Year” — Inscribed To Famed Journalist Chuck Stone

Martin Luther King, Jr. signed and inscribed cover of “Time” Magazine’s “Man of the Year” issue featuring himself on the cover, dated 3 January 1964. Inscription in green ink to Chuck Stone, former Tuskegee Airman and first president of the National Association of Black Journalists, reads: “To My Friend Chuck Stone With Best Wishes and Warm Personal Regards / Martin Luther King Jr.” Cover has been detached from the magazine and taped to a piece of cardboard. Measures 8.5″ x 11″ with creasing and wear along edges, including two small chips to margins, though not obscuring signature. Good condition. With an LOA from Stone’s wife, Louise Davis Stone. Also includes unpublished photo of MLK. Sold for $7,000.

Martin Luther King TLS Re: South Africa 1965

Martin Luther King, Jr. typed letter signed to leading African anti-apartheid fighter, Ronald Segal. Single page letter composed on Southern Christian Leadership Conference stationery and datelined Atlanta, 8 September 1965. In part: “I am in receipt of your kind letter inviting me to serve as a sponsor of your International Conference on Economic Sanctions against South Africa As you know, I am deeply concerned about the whole South African situation and I seek to support every creative effort to bring pressure against the governments of south Africa and South West Africa to end the long night of man’s inhumanity to man. For this reason I will be happy to serve as a sponsor of your conference” It was only fitting that King’s activism, so effective in America, should come home, so to speak, to South Africa, where Gandhi’s non-violent resistance struggle began. “More and more,” King told reporters in London in December 1964, en route to Stockholm and the Nobel Prize ceremony, “I have come to realize that racism is a world problem.” Ronald Segal, then editor of the Penguin African Library, was a native South African and a leading anti-apartheid fighter in that country. He fled to England in the aftermath of the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, and the government’s crackdown on the ANC and other activists. He was the organizer of the International Conference on Economic Sanctions against South Africa. A fine association of King with a leading figure of the British and South African anti-apartheid movements. Letter measures 8.5″ x 11″. Slight toning to side edges. Overall excellent condition. Sold for $5,060.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed ”Strength To Love” Autobiography — First Edition in Dust Jacket

Martin Luther King, Jr. signed first edition of ”Strength to Love”, Dr. King’s autobiography and a collection of his most inspirational sermons and speeches. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Inscribed ”To Major Earnest D. Muse / With Best Wishes / Martin Luther King” on the front free endpaper. Above the inscription is noted ”Los Angeles Calif. / 2-17-64”, ostensibly the date and place that King signed the book. At this time King had just completed the March on Washington and would be awarded the Nobel Peace Price later that year, before organizing the Selma march in 1965. Book is housed in its original dust jacket with $3.50 price intact. Measures 5.75” x 8.5” and runs 146pp. In publisher’s black cloth boards, book is in very good to near fine condition. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Sold for $5,035.

Exceptionally Rare Signed Photo of All Four Female Supreme Court Justices

Inspiring photo signed by all four past and present female U.S. Supreme Court justices. On the mat below their respective images, the women sign ”Sandra Day O’Connor”, ”Sonia Sotomayor”, ”Ruth Bader Ginsburg” and ”Elena Kagan”. 9.75” x 7.75” photograph was taken on 7 August 2010 at the Investiture Ceremony of Justice Kagan. Signed on the 14” x 12.25” mat, which has been mounted to foam board. Near fine condition. Sold for $5,000.

Elizabeth Eckford Handwritten Signed 20″ x 16″ Photo Essay From Her First Day of School as Part of the “Little Rock Nine” — “…Someone yelled ‘Get a rope. Drag her over to the tree!’…”

Elizabeth Eckford handwritten signed essay, composed upon a 20″ x 16″ photograph of her first day of school at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. As one of the “Little Rock Nine”, Eckford, a young 15-year old, had to endure bullying and violence in order to attend school, as mandated by Brown v. Board of Education three years earlier. In this essay, Eckford details the horrific events of that day, but ends on a hopeful note, remembering white journalists who treated her with kindness. Composed and signed in silver felt-tip, essay reads in full,

“I am one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American teens who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.

The integration came as a result of Brown versus Board of Education decided by the nation’s highest court in 1954.

My ordeal was captured by press photographers on the morning of September 4, 1957. As I walked toward the school I saw Arkansas National Guard soldiers surrounding the grounds. They opened up and made space for white students to pass through. When I approached the soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder to bar me. I walked further and stopped where I could see another sidewalk leading to the school. This time the state troops crossed rifles to block me. The crowd across the street was angrily shouting. Ahead I saw the main entrance in the middle of that two block expanse. Now a soldier directed me to go across the street where the demonstrators were.

When I stepped out into the street an angry mob started following and screaming insults. Photographers were in front of me walking backwards. Someone yelled ‘Get a rope. Drag her over to the tree! Let’s hang her!’ Other voices cursed and threatened. I looked for help. When I approached an elderly woman who had a kind face, she spat on me. The mob followed me to the bus stop where two middle-aged white reporters tried to comfort me, saying don’t let them see you cry. When one reporter embraced me across my shoulder, the crowd’s anger rose in increased fury. / Elizabeth Eckford”. Satin-finish photo measures 20″ x 16″, printed by an Indiana University colleague of the photographer, Will Counts. Sold for $4,463.

Taft Supreme Court Signed Photo

9.5″ x 9″ matte photo of the Taft Supreme Court, circa 1921, signed by all nine justices. William Howard Taft was the only President to become a U.S. Chief Justice. Appointed in July 1921, he is shown here seated in the middle of the front row. He signs, “Wm H. Taft”. The remaining eight justices are (front row) William R. Day, Joseph McKenna, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Willis Van Devanter, (back row) Louis D. Brandeis, Mahlon Pitney, James C. McReynolds and John H. Clarke. Taft served as Chief Justice until his death in 1930. The sepia photo by Clinedinst Studio is matted and framed to an overall size of 18″ x 17″. Creasing in signature area, else very good. Chipping to frame; paper backing has been removed. Overall very good. Sold for $3,411.

Photo of the 1947 Vinson Supreme Court Signed by All Nine Justices

All nine of 1947’s U.S. Supreme Court Justices sign this matte photo taken by Harris & Ewing. The signatures of ”Felix Frankfurter”, ”Hugo L. Black”, ”Stanley Reed”, ”William O. Douglas”, ”Wiley Rutledge”, ”Frank Murphy”, ”Robert H. Jackson”, ”Harold Burton” and Chief Justice ”Fred M. Vinson” are inked in black on the image’s border. Vinson mended the rift between Frankfurter and Black, and together this Court decided law in the areas of unionized labor, race and communism. Measures 11.25” x 11.5”. Near fine. Sold for $2,384.

Rare 16″ x 14″ Photo Signed by All Justices of the Harlan Stone Supreme Court — Circa 1945

Fine signed photo of the Harlan Stone Supreme Court, circa 1945, whose decision to uphold the prosecution of Nazis in military tribunals is often referenced today. Very large 16″ x 14″ print is signed on the border below the image by each Justice: Stanley Reed, Owen Roberts, Harlan Stone, Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, Robert Jackson, William Douglas, Wiley Rutledge and Frank Murphy. Photograph is an original Bachrach silver print measuring 13″ x 10.5″ with the autographed mat measuring 16″ x 14″. In near fine condition. Sold for $2,303.

Large 19.5” x 12.5” Signed Photo of Nine 1904 Fuller Supreme Court Justices — With Signatures Including Melville Fuller & Henry Billings Brown

Unique 19.5” x 12.5” signed photo of nine U.S. Justices of the 1904 Fuller Supreme Court. Group portrait depicts the judges in robes with signatures on the mat including: Henry Billings Brown, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., John Marshall Harlan, Rufus Wheeler Peckham (signs twice), Melville W. Fuller, Joseph McKenna, David Josiah Brewer, William R. Day and Edward Douglass White, Jr. Framed to an overall size of 24” x 17” with minor fading to Fuller signature; Peckham has drawn a line through his awkwardly-positioned signature and written again under his portrait. Near fine condition. Sold for $2,291.

Burger Supreme Court Signed Photo

Early 1980’s Burger Supreme Court color photo autographed by all nine Justices. Features the signatures of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall, William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White, William J. Brennan, Jr., Sandra Day O’Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and Harry A. Blackmun. Mounted photo, measures 13.5″ x 10″ and 18″ x 14″ matted. Signatures on mat, with respective autographs appearing under each Justice’s photo placement. A unique item signed by the entire Supreme Court led by Burger. Fine condition. Sold for $1,198.

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