Narrative of folklife and folkways of Jamaica gathered first-hand by the author during four visits there, 1919–1924. Chapter titles include “Fishing, Trapping, Stock-Raising;” “The Market;”..... Read More about Black Roadways. A Study of Jamaican Folk Life
![Confessions of a French Stenographer [cover title]. Unkwn., and, 1850–1920, Charles Garvice](/pictures/thumb/3728555_1.jpg?v=1555520828)
C.1920s pulp romantic fiction magazine aimed at women comprising two titles, one of which was copyrighted in 1898 by noted dime novel publishers, George Munro’s..... Read More about Confessions of a French Stenographer [cover title
Contemporary Eastern Shore, Maryland newspaper printing of George Washington’s eighth and final State of the Union Address. His address was delivered to Congress in Philadelphia..... Read More about 1796 George Washington Final State of the Union Address published in Easton, Maryland’s...
Compilation of anti-slavery speeches delivered by celebrated orator and abolitionist, Wendell Phillips (1811–1884). “They will serve, therefore at least, as a contribution to the history..... Read More about Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
Detailed chronological account of the infamous Alabama legal case of the Scottsboro Boys, a group of African American teenagers falsely accused of raping two white... Read More about Scottsboro. The Firebrand of Communism
Scarce World War II-era photographic view book of Camp Phillips, Kansas, a United States Army training camp. Images within show every aspect of camp life... Read More about Camp Phillips. A Camera Trip Through Camp Phillips, Kansas [cover title
![Collection of Charles L. Blockson Black History Publishing Ephemera]. Inc Portfolio Associates,...](/pictures/thumb/3728414_1.jpg?v=1556576091)
Small group of advertising ephemera for noted African-Americana book collector and author Charles L. Blockson’s book Pennsylvania’s Black History (1975) and a copy of an..... Read More about Collection of Charles L. Blockson Black History Publishing Ephemera
Slaves being distributed to their heirs, including one infant child: A Document Signed proving and registering the release of a claim by the heirs of... Read More about 1854 Document Signed concerning the willing of the Infant Slave Elizabeth, the Child of Enslaved...
Autograph Letter by Major Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews (1821–1880) of the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Andrews discusses the defeat of Confederate forces under General Henry... Read More about 1862 Civil War Letter by Major Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews, 36th Ohio Infantry, with Battle Content...
Autograph letter signed by former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Senator from Mississippi, Robert J. Walker (1801–1869), author of the 1846 Walker Tariff..... Read More about 1850 ALS from Robert J. Walker, U.S. Secretary of Treasury under President James K. Polk, writing...
Excellent example of this 1923 Jazz sheet music for “Beale Street Mamma,” a jazz standard recorded by such African-American singers as Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson..... Read More about Beale Street Mama
![Ray Charles Promotional Music Concert Program]. Elaine Jesmer, 1930–2004, Tangerine Record...](/pictures/thumb/3728536_1.jpg?v=1554831534)
Promotional music concert program for blind African-American singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist Ray Charles (1930–2004), issued by his record publisher, Tangerine Record Corp. and distributor... Read More about Ray Charles Promotional Music Concert Program
Amply illustrated overview of the history and educational and vocational programs at Tuskegee Institute (HBCU), including an introduction by Booker T. Washington (1856?–1915), the school’s..... Read More about Tuskegee. Its Story and Its Work
Exceedingly rare nineteenth-century commemorative album of 187 lithographic views showing religious houses and schools in Europe of the School Sisters de Notre Dame, a Roman... Read More about Niederlassungen der armen Schulschwestern de Notre Dame diesseits des Oceans. Zur Erinnerung an...
Fifth annual Negro Year Book of encyclopedic and statistical reports compiled by African-American sociologist Monroe N. Work (1866–1945). A participant in the Niagara Movement of... Read More about Negro Year Book. An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1918-1919
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 about The Negro Wage Earner
![Small 1931 U.S. Cavalry Photo and ALs Archive]. Whiting](/pictures/thumb/3728612_1.jpg?v=1555520831)
Handwritten letter with nine photos enclosed explaining new procedural practices and regulations for equipping mounted cavalry horses and riders. The 2nd Cavalry and the 13th... Read More about Small 1931 U.S. Cavalry Photo and ALs Archive
A child psychologist, Californian Millicent W. Shinn was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. At hand, a bibliographical... Read More about The Baby’s Mind: A Study For College Women. A paper presented to the Association of Collegiate...
One year after the 1967 publication of William Styron’s controversial novel of an 1831 slave rebellion, Confessions of Nat Turner, a lecture by the Marxist... Read More about Herbert Aptheker ... Speaking On… Styron’s “Confessions of Nat Turner” Myth or Reality?...
![Depression-Era Tuskegee Institute Circular, TLS, Tuition Leaflet]. Herbert F. Smith, Tuskegee...](/pictures/thumb/3728527_1.jpg?v=1554822729)
Depression-era correspondence from officers of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute addressed to Herbert F. Smith, a former student there. Here, a 1933 circular letter from... Read More about Depression-Era Tuskegee Institute Circular, TLS, Tuition Leaflet
According to Charles Blockson, “Dunbar (1872-1906) was the leading Afro-American literary’ figure before World War I.” DANB informs through “the help of Dr. H. A...... Read More about Majors and Minors: Poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
War of 1812-era partly printed writ of detention concerning two female slaves in Orange County North Carolina. Court Clerk John Taylor orders the sheriff to..... Read More about 1813 Writ of Detention concerning the Surrender of the Slave Woman Lucy and the Slave Girl Nancy...
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College paper by a young female Smith College student writing of African American musical tradition as seen from her perspective. The author puts forth the... Read More about “The Folk Songs of Our Southern Negro.” [College Term Paper
C.1892 French chromolithographic poster for Le Pays de l’Or [The Golden or Promised Land], a comic operetta and spectacle set in America including the Western..... Read More about Le Pays de L’Or. Pièce à Grand Spectacle en 3 actes et 14 tableaux
Three related documents signed by wardens of the Port of New Orleans including two partly printed forms, similarly titled, likely printed in New Orleans before... Read More about Port-Wardens’ Office, New-Orleans… [two partly printed documents likely printed in New...
