Handsome copy of this early 1970s book presenting selections of writings and speeches from Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party. “The..... Read More about To Die for the People. The Writings of Huey P. Newton
![The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with Haiti 1776-1891. [Inscribed Copy]. Rayford W....](/pictures/thumb/3728759_1.jpg?v=1556729677)
Warmly inscribed by the author to James Phinney Baxter III, historian, academic, Pulitzer Prize-winner for history. An exhaustive study of this topic; “This is the..... Read More about The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with Haiti 1776-1891. [Inscribed Copy
Handsome concert announcement broadside for the popular Shaw Sisters of Philadelphia. The broadside as two blank spaces for location and date to be handwritten. The... Read More about The Misses Mary & Rosina Shaw of Philadelphia, will give a Grand Vocal Concert [opening lines...
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Official illustrated program of the 1939 annual convention of the patriotic military veterans’ organization, The American Legion. Held in Chicago, the convention brochure by artist... Read More about Chicago:] Official Program, 21st Annual National Convention, The American Legion, Chicago,...
Second World War-era circular or press release issued by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) touting the fact that 6,655 enrollees in its Art Program (over... Read More about Over 6,500 Colored Students Enrolled in WPA Art Classes [official Federal Works Agency press release
Choral concert program for the Fisk Male Glee Club of Fisk University, an historically black university (HBCU) in Nashville, Tennessee. The glee club sang in... Read More about Program. The 19th Annual Concert of The Fisk Male Glee Club, Prof. Jno. W. Work, Director…Fisk...
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Rum cocktail recipe booklet published by the Puerto Rico Distilling Company, makers of 86, 90, and 151 proof Ronrico brand rum. There are over 45... Read More about Cocktails:] Make’em with Ronrico! Best Rum Bar None
Souvenir booklet issued by the Headquarters Detachment of the U.S. Army’s 14th Ordnance Battalion celebrating the bestowal of an award upon the unit for meritorious..... Read More about HQ., HQ. Det., 14th Ord. Bn. [Headquarters Detachment…14th Ordnance Battalion…for Meritorious...
Pocket book of stereotype jokes and stories characterizing and satirizing Jews, especially immigrants, peddlers, and merchants. Most of the stories and jokes—typically 3 or 4... Read More about Hebrew Yarns, Jokes and Stories
Original Art Deco sheet music for the song “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’” from the 1935 African-American-themed opera Porgy and Bess. The opera’s music was..... Read More about I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’. The Theatre Guild presents Porgy and Bess
A “definitive study of the intense development of the anti-slavery movement” and being a work of excellent scholarship. Dumond describes all scenarios of the movement;..... Read More about Anti-Slavery. The Crusade for Freedom in America
This the original publication of the eighth annual Negro Year Book for 1931-1932. These were encyclopedic and statistical reports compiled by African-American sociologist Monroe N.... Read More about Negro Year Book. An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1931-1932
ANB notes that “Hughes dedicated Not without Laughter to his friends and early patrons, the Spingarns.” New York: Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth without..... Read More about Not Without Laughter
Partial autobiography of Langston Hughes documenting his life up to 1931. Hughes wrote this title while living in Carmel, California. (ANB) New York: Knopf, 1940... Read More about The Big Sea
A chronological and heavily-illustrated overview of the role of black Americans in America’s military since the American Revolution all the way up the Afghanistan. “This..... Read More about Soldiers of Freedom. An Illustrated History of African Americans in the Armed Forces
War-time patriotic book offering insight into African Americans serving in the United States military. Chapters address military history and traditions of blacks, “some important consideration..... Read More about The Negro in the Armed Forces
This noted American historian writes of the Civil War from the perspective of African Americans; how they “felt, and how they played an important role..... Read More about The Negro’s Civil War. How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union. [Inscribed...
The story of how this talented black American broke the color barrier to become an American baseball great. With a foreword by then-baseball commissioner Branch... Read More about Jackie Robinson. My Own Story
The author shows the many ways in which African Americans contributed to Burlington County’s history. Contents include: their presence in the Revolutionary War, work with..... Read More about Path of Freedom. The Black Presence in New Jersey’s Burlington County, 1659-1900. [Inscribed...
An economic and social study of the African American workforce, labor market conditions, and trade union politics in the early 20th century. Contents include: The... Read More about The Black Worker. The Negro and the Labor Movement
Biography of Richard Allen (1760–1831), former enslaved African American, preacher, hymn book publisher, and founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church (A.M.E.)..... Read More about Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom
Examination of the “problems of Negro labor and its relation to white labor, North and South, under the impact of the New Deal.” Cayton and..... Read More about Black Workers and the New Unions
A specific study of the “legal, social, and economic history of the Pennsylvania negro in his rise from slavery to freedom.” Winner of the Justin..... Read More about The Negro in Pennsylvania. Slavery - Servitude - Freedom, 1639-1861
“Colonists In Bondage tells the paradoxical story of those white men and women who endured servitude as a road to freedom. Voluntarily or involuntarily, they..... Read More about Colonists in Bondage. White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776
A comprehensive report on the social and economic condition of the African American community in Philadelphia from 1787 to 1963. From the preface, “This book... Read More about 100 Years After Emancipation. (History of the Philadelphia Negro, 1787 to 1963
