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..... Read More about Old News: Resurrection City
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... Read More about The Negro in the American 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... Read More about The Detroit Race Riot. A Study In Violence
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..... Read More about Race Riot
“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..... Read More about The Negro Mood and Other Essays. [Inscribed and Signed by Author
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... Read More about Bahamian Lore. [Limited and Signed by the Author
“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...... Read More about The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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... Read More about The Resurgence Of Race. Black Social Theory From Reconstruction To The Pan-African Conferences
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..... Read More about The Black Infantry in the West, 1869-1891
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... Read More about The History of Negro Servitude in Illinois and of the Slavery Agitation in That State, 1719-1864....
“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..... Read More about The Black Soldier and Officer In The United States Army, 1891-1917
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... Read More about The Armies Of The Streets. The New York City Draft Riots of 1863
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...... Read More about The Rastafarians. A Study In Messianic Cultism In Jamaica. Caribbean Monograph Series No. 6
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... Read More about The African Colonization Movement, 1816-1865
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... Read More about Go Tell It On the Mountain
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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..... Read More about The Invisible Man. [Signed by Author
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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... Read More about For the New Rainbow Soldier 42nd Inf. Div. [cover title
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..... Read More about Standards of Relief: an Analysis of One Hundred Family Case Records
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... Read More about The Weather Vein. [Eight Carrier Engineering Corporation Bulletins
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..... Read More about 24th Annual Midwinter Rodeo, Tucson, Ariz. ...1949. La Fiesta de los Vaqueros [with related ephemera
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...... Read More about The Story of the Negro Retold. [Fourth Edition
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..... Read More about The Story of the Negro Retold. [Second Edition
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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..... Read More about Evidences of Progress Among the Colored People. [Eighth Edition
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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... Read More about The Messenger Bird. [Friendship Album, published c. 1850s with 1859–1882 entries
“A history on the current achievements and past contributions of the black citizens of Kentucky.” (dust jacket) Researched, Compiled and Edited by Alice Allison Dunnigan..... Read More about The Fascinating Story of Black Kentuckians: Their Heritage and Tradition
