Imposed Rebellion.
1950s, segregation-era erotic novel set in Alabama written by an African American male on the theme of an interracial relationship between a Southern white woman... Read More
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![Character of Robt. E. Lee Defamed…The United Daughters of the Confederacy Hold Called Meeting to Condemn the Slander of Robert E. Lee…in the History of Woman Suffrage by Susan B. Anthony and Others. [opening lines of broadside]. James Callaway, 1820–1906, Selma Alabama United Daughters of the Confederacy, Susan B. Anthony.](/images/noimage-req.png)
Character of Robt. E. Lee Defamed…The United Daughters of the Confederacy Hold Called Meeting to Condemn the Slander of Robert E. Lee…in the History of Woman Suffrage by Susan B. Anthony and Others. [opening lines of broadside]
Unrecorded anti-women’s suffrage broadside—appealing to both women and men—opposing the “Anthony Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution, women’s right to vote. The broadside defends Confederate General..... Read More
[Creek War of 1836 ALS fearing a Native American Attack on Fort McCreary, Georgia].
Interesting post-Roanoke massacre letter about a Native American uprising written by a soldier during the Creek War of 1836. Writing from Fort McCreary, Georgia near... Read More
Carrier’s New-Year’s Address to the Patrons of the Rochester Daily American, January 1, 1849.
Newsboy’s carrier’s address for the Rochester Daily American newspaper published for the New Year, 1849. Unusually, contemporary docketing on the verso of the poetical broadside..... Read More
The Negro Wage Earner.
Signed by co-author Lorenzo Greene. “The purpose of [this] study is to show the various occupations in which Negroes have been employed and to determine..... Read More
Negro Labor in the United States, 1850-1925. A Study in American Economic History.
Blockson: “The best known early study of the development and contribution of blacks in the field of labor. Wesley, (b. 1891), a former president of... Read More
Negro Labor in the United States, 1850-1925. A Study in American Economic History.
Blockson: “The best known early study of the development and contribution of blacks in the field of labor. Wesley, (b. 1891), a former president of... Read More
History of the American Negro in the Great World War. His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe.
Comprehensive history of African American soldiers of the First World War, drawn from official War Department records and contemporary sources by African American poet and... Read More
The Negro in the American Rebellion, His Heroism and His Fidelity.
First history of African Americans in the Civil War written by abolitionist and novelist William Wells Brown, the author of the first novel written by... Read More
Twenty-Two Months with “Uncle Sam”. Being the Experiences and Observations of a Negro Student Who Volunteered for Military Service Against the Central Powers from June, 1917 to April, 1919.
Rare to commerce and thinly-held by libraries, a record of the First World War experiences of 2nd Lieut. John Brother Cade (1894–1970) who served in... Read More
![The Negro in World War II, Vol. I, A Record of Achievement [cover title]. The Sentry Publishing Co.](/pictures/thumb/3728455_1.jpg?v=1551305247)
The Negro in World War II, Vol. I, A Record of Achievement [cover title].
Scarce Second World War periodical dedicated to the military, air, and naval service of African Americans and “...the manner in which they acquitted themselves to..... Read More
![[Women in Sports:] Know Your Golf! Helpful Hints on Rules…Play and Procedure…. Sylva Kreider Neff, Opal Hill Helen Hicks, Patty Berg, Helen Dettweiler, Helen L. Cragg, Norma R. Knoche.](/pictures/thumb/3728453_1.jpg?v=1551119233)
[Women in Sports:] Know Your Golf! Helpful Hints on Rules…Play and Procedure…
Illustrated pamphlet with the rules of golf and promoting the game to women, interesting because it was written and illustrated by women. Authors include professional... Read More
1924 A.Q.S.—William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold”
Autograph Quotation Signed by politician William Jennings Bryan (1860–1915), from his celebrated “Cross of Gold” speech delivered at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago..... Read More
![[Salesman’s Dummy for:] The Spy of The Rebellion; Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army During the Late Rebellion…. Allan Pinkerton, 1819–1884.](/pictures/thumb/3728450_1.jpg?v=1551136084)
[Salesman’s Dummy for:] The Spy of The Rebellion; Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army During the Late Rebellion…
Salesman’s sample book, dummy or canvassing book illustrated with 22 plates for a history of espionage and criminal conspiracies during the American Civil War: The..... Read More
![Tell Us, Kee Nez [Navajo Labor Primer]. Office of Indian Affairs The Navajo Service, photographer Milton Snow.](/pictures/thumb/3728449_1.jpg?v=1551119231)
Tell Us, Kee Nez [Navajo Labor Primer].
Unrecorded labor pamphlet promoting agricultural, ranching, mining and railroad work to Navajo Native Americans. It is written in a simple, almost primer-like manner in an... Read More
![Uniforms by Angelica. Founded 1878—63 Years of Uniform Leadership [cover title]. Angelica Jacket Company.](/pictures/thumb/3728448_1.jpg?v=1551119228)
Uniforms by Angelica. Founded 1878—63 Years of Uniform Leadership [cover title].
Unrecorded pre-Second World War American trade catalog for food service, hotel and club, factory and machine shop, medical and hospital, and domestic workers. With ordering... Read More
How to Solve the Race Problem: The Proceedings of the Washington Conference on the Race Problem in the United States.
Proceedings of a conference on the “Race Problem”—including rape, lynching, and segregation—held in 1903 in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the National Sociological Society..... Read More
Sidelights on Negro Soldiers.
Post-war study of African American soldiers in the First World War by Charles Holston Williams (1886–1978), noted African American author, black athletics organizer, and director... Read More
![Documentary History of Reconstruction. Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational & Industrial, 1865 to the Present Time. With facsimiles. [two volumes]. Walter L. Fleming, 1874–1932, 1906–1980 Bell Irvin Wiley, Walter Lynwood Fleming, Bell I. Wiley.](/pictures/thumb/3728438_1.jpg?v=1551136082)
Documentary History of Reconstruction. Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational & Industrial, 1865 to the Present Time. With facsimiles. [two volumes]
Comprehensive history of the post-American Civil War Reconstruction era, from contemporary sources, by long-time Vanderbilt professor of history, Walter Lynwood Fleming (1874–1932). Fleming’s controversial approach..... Read More
Education for Negroes in Mississippi Since 1910.
Comprehensive history of elementary through college education for African Americans in Mississippi. The history was written by Prof. Charles H. Wilson, Sr., formerly of Mississippi’s..... Read More
Two Colored Women with the American Expeditionary Forces.
First hand account of two African American women serving in France during the First World War. The book documents their war-time service with the Y.W.C.A...... Read More
![[Mardi Gras-like Parade Floats:] Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, The Drama, Omaha, September 29 to October 9. [cover title]. Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben.](/pictures/thumb/3728433_1.jpg?v=1551119227)
[Mardi Gras-like Parade Floats:] Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, The Drama, Omaha, September 29 to October 9. [cover title]
1909 Souvenir program for the fifteenth annual Autumn parade of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, a philanthropic group founded to save the Nebraska State Fair from... Read More
Juvenile Pastimes, in Verse.
Chapbook, likely reprinted from a circa 1830 Mahlon Day New York imprint, documenting 15 antebellum children’s games, sports, and pastimes. The text comprises a poetical... Read More
![Miss America Pageant Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J….1947 [caption title of panoramic photo]. photographers Central Studios, Barbara Jo Walker, 1926–2000, Miss America Pageant.](/pictures/thumb/3728430_1.jpg?v=1551121814)
Miss America Pageant Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J….1947 [caption title of panoramic photo].
Panoramic photograph documenting the 15 finalists in the 1947 Miss America Pageant held at Convention Hall in the beach resort community of Atlantic City, New... Read More
![Young Senators [Promo Photo for Washington D.C. Funk and R&B Band]. Young Senators.](/pictures/thumb/3728429_1.jpg?v=1551121813)
Young Senators [Promo Photo for Washington D.C. Funk and R&B Band].
Represented by a Baltimore agent, an early promotional color photo for this Washington. D.C. band founded in 1965. Known as “The Emperors of Go-Go” the..... Read More