You cannot understand the greatness of John Lewis unless you know the struggles that he and other civil rights activists endured during the 1960s. He was in his 20s when he bravely marched and protested…
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What artifacts will tell the story of 2020 protests?
Posted in Black history, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Photos
In March 1968, striking black sanitation workers marched along the streets of Memphis demanding higher wages and better working conditions. They carried signs emblazoned with “I AM A MAN” to express their anger at not…
When I enter an auction house and see documents and papers, I immediately head to them. I love flipping through the old stuff to see what bit of history is embedded in them. Who knows,…
I have this image in my head of taking my grandmother to have lunch at the Woolworth’s in Macon, GA, in the 1970s, near where my family lived. I don’t recall what we ordered, but the…
I love vintage cameras, and whenever I see them at auction, I bid on them. Most of the time, I’m lucky and walk away with a couple. But I can’t seem to get my hands…