1965 Life Picture Mississippi Sheriff Lawrence Rainey Arrested Civil Rights RARE for Sale

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1965 Life Picture Mississippi Sheriff Lawrence Rainey Arrested Civil Rights RARE For Sale

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1965 Life Picture Mississippi Sheriff Lawrence Rainey Arrested Civil Rights RARE:
$225.00

This was in with a box lot of very old books and documents that I purchased at an sale.

* This is a Rare photograph from the arraignment of 18 of the 21 Mississippians in connection with the alleged murder of 3 Cival Rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Picture was taken by a life magazine photographer. Mississippi sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Cecil Ray Price ( it is said that Cecil Price was a member of the KKK) on trial for the murder of 3 Cival Rights Workers. The Life Magazine photographer took this picture just as Rainey cracked a joke during the arraignment. I can only find one other that was sold at an sale in 2015 for $230 the estimated value was between $400 to $700. Both mine and the one sold at sale measures approximately 16.75" x 10.75" this was folded but has somewhat straightened out after sitting books on top of it. The back shows some age marks (discoloration) the front is in very good condition with the tiniest tear or wear mark at the top, difficult to see so I zoomed in, see all pictures. The one sold at sale had several issues as well as thumb tack holes in each corner. Printed on paper but a heavier than normal paper. I believe it may have been a poster. The same picture was in the TIME MAGAZINE December 18, 1964 issue, the cover featured Elizabeth Taylor.