“This book concerns the role of the Black soldier during the American Civil War and key individuals, both Black and White…” (Introduction). The author promotes.....
New York City street photographer, Jill Freedman lived in the protest encampment, “Resurrection City” at Washington, D.C. for six weeks, documenting The Poor Peoples Campaign.....
A celebration of the achievements of the African American actor on the American theatre stage, pre-1890 to 1945. Illustrated with wonderful photographs. New York: Theatre...
The authors detail one of the worst race riots in American history, the Detroit riot of Sunday night, June 20, 1943. Illustrated with plates from...
Reviews from the jacket: “...an excellent job of not only telling what happened, but even more important, why things happened as they did…Race Riot presents.....
“In five essays organized around the general theme, The Negro Mood, I have attempted to dig beneath the surface and expose the psychic mechanisms of.....
A celebration of the history, folk-lore and customs of the Bahama Islands. Beautifully illustrated by Gordon Bazeley, Emily Monsarrat, James Harvey Dulin, and Charles Shephard...
“This brilliant fictional autobiography [is] told in the finest tradition of oral history. [T]he life story of a black lady born in slavery on a......
A review of African-American intellectual thought on social reform after the end of the Civil War. Leaders such as Booker T. Washington, Paul Laurence Dunbar...
From the foreword by William H. Leckie, “The military contributions of black Americans in the wars of our country have, until recently, received scant attention…Their.....
The book studies, in part, the beginnings of slavery in Illinois Country (1719-1783), slavery in the Illinois Territory (1800-1818), the slavery question in the courts...
“In this careful study, Fletcher examines years in which the military blacks found themselves affected by the growing institution of prejudice and separation of the.....
From the dust jacket: “In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time...
From the foreword, “We have at last a full-scale monograph on the Ras Tafari movement in Jamaica…he (the author) not only presents and analyzes a......
A study of the American Colonization Society from 1816-1865 and the early colonies such as Liberia. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961. 323pp. First edition...
This edition includes a special foreword by Baldwin. Described by the publisher as privately printed and limited, one of an unstated number of copies autographed...
Ellison’s first book, a significant addition to 20th century American literature, winner of the National Book Award in the year of its publication. This edition.....
Small and ephemeral item intended for those assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division and receiving their training at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. A short history of...
A notable Black American First. In 1937, Baltimore-born Anna Roselle Johnson a.k.a. Anna Johnson Julian became the first black American woman to receive a doctorate.....
Eight colorful and well-produced trade bulletin by the Carrier Engineering Corporation. Contents include photo or art illustrations of the company plant and offices, innovative equipment...
Souvenir program and related ephemera from the 24th Annual Midwinter Rodeo held in Tucson, Arizona. The rodeo or “La Fiesta de los Vaqueros” was sponsored.....
African American history for school students authored by Carter G. Woodson, black historian and prolific author and “The Father of Black History” and Charles H......
African American history for school students authored by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History”, black historian, and prolific author. The Story of the.....
Expanded edition of a substantial compilation of historical and biographical information on the religious, educational, business, and civic institutions and organizations conducted by and/or for.....
Friendship album kept by Sallie J. Elliott during the years 1859 to 1882, likely before and after her marriage. Entries, which can be light at...
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