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Facts of Reconstruction. John R. Lynch, 1847–1939, John Roy Lynch

Facts of Reconstruction.

Important account of Reconstruction in Mississippi written by an African American participant there at the time, John R. Lynch, former U.S. Congressman, 1873–1877 and 1882–1883..... Read More about Facts of Reconstruction

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New Negro Poets. [Edited by Langston Hughes; Signed by Helen Morgan Brooks]. LeRoi Jones Julian Bond

New Negro Poets. [Edited by Langston Hughes; Signed by Helen Morgan Brooks]

Anthology of poetry by over thirty African American writers, primarily men. This copy is inscribed by contributor Helen Morgan Brooks who offers two poems within..... Read More about New Negro Poets. [Edited by Langston Hughes; Signed by Helen Morgan Brooks

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Africana. The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. The Concise Desk...

Africana. The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. The Concise Desk Reference.

Abridged edition of the editors’ almost 2,100-page reference work of the same title, a work inspired by a dream of African American scholar, W.E.B. Du..... Read More about Africana. The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. The Concise Desk...

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Famous American Negroes. Langston Hughes

Famous American Negroes.

First Edition, thus. One of the “Apollo Editions” and a collection of biographical sketches of prominent Black Americans written by this Harlem Renaissance writer, poet..... Read More about Famous American Negroes

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History’s Missing Pages … The Journal of Negro History. [Prospectus; Carter G. Woodson]....

History’s Missing Pages … The Journal of Negro History. [Prospectus; Carter G. Woodson]

Prospectus for the cloth-bound 54-volume set of the Journal of Negro History, published since 1916 by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and..... Read More about History’s Missing Pages … The Journal of Negro History. [Prospectus; Carter G. Woodson

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When Word is Given… A Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim World. Louis...

When Word is Given… A Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim World.

African American writer and social critic’s first-hand reporting on the Black Muslim movement in America. In 1959, Lomax introduced white Americans to the Black Muslim..... Read More about When Word is Given… A Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim World

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The Booker T. Washington Papers [9 volumes (of 14)]. Louis R. Harlan, Raymond W. Smock,...

The Booker T. Washington Papers [9 volumes (of 14)].

First nine volumes of the collected speeches and outgoing and incoming letters of Booker T. Washington (1856?–1915), educator, orator, African American civic leader, and author..... Read More about The Booker T. Washington Papers [9 volumes (of 14

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Black American Writers. Bibliographical Essays. [Two Volumes]. Maurice Duke M. Thomas Inge,...

Black American Writers. Bibliographical Essays. [Two Volumes]

Scholarly text that traces the arc of Black American writers from the earliest known (e.g. Wheatley, Banneker) to slave narratives, to David Walker, Frederick Douglass..... Read More about Black American Writers. Bibliographical Essays. [Two Volumes

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The Black Man. A Monthly Magazine of Negro Thought and Opinion. Marcus Garvey

The Black Man. A Monthly Magazine of Negro Thought and Opinion.

Rare Final Issue of Marcus Garvey’s The Black Man, begun in 1933, ending with this issue in June, 1939, one year before his death. While..... Read More about The Black Man. A Monthly Magazine of Negro Thought and Opinion

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The Black Man. A Monthly Magazine of Negro Thought and Opinion. Marcus Garvey

The Black Man. A Monthly Magazine of Negro Thought and Opinion.

This issue carried the identifying characteristics of the magazine; a pointed or inspirational poem by Garvey on the front wrap (in this example in “The..... Read More about The Black Man. A Monthly Magazine of Negro Thought and Opinion

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For My People. Margaret Walker

For My People.

A collection of poetry by this Black American author; her first book and part of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Walker’s pleasant portrait appears..... Read More about For My People

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The Heart of a Woman. Maya Angelou, 1928–2014

The Heart of a Woman.

The fourth volume in writer, poet, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s autobiography, chronicling events taking place between 1957 and 1962 including her work for..... Read More about The Heart of a Woman

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West Chester University Presents a Visit with Maya Angelou Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird...

West Chester University Presents a Visit with Maya Angelou Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. February 20, 1984….

During February’s Black History Month in 1984, the celebrated African-American poet Maya Angelou gave a free talk, open to the public, at West Chester University..... Read More about West Chester University Presents a Visit with Maya Angelou Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird...

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A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery… [facsimile...

A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery… [facsimile reprint]

Important, early American autobiographical slave narrative by Moses Roper, a native of North Carolina who was enslaved in South Carolina and Florida. Facsimile reprint of..... Read More about A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery… [facsimile reprint

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Otis Dunn Manhunter. Nat Richards

Otis Dunn Manhunter.

Otis Dunn, a black man, is an ex-F.B.I. Agent turned bounty hunter. Manhunter is sold as a “suspenseful story set against the interplay of Southern..... Read More about Otis Dunn Manhunter

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Lyrics of the Hearthside. Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872–1906

Lyrics of the Hearthside.

Collected volume of poetry by writer Paul Laurence Dunbar published the year after his marriage to Alice Ruth Moore, to whom the book is dedicated..... Read More about Lyrics of the Hearthside

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Majors and Minors: Poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, not Lawrence i e. Laurence

Majors and Minors: Poems by Paul Lawrence Dunbar.

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

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Dark Testament and Other Poems. Pauli Murray, Anna Pauline

Dark Testament and Other Poems.

Posthumous collection of poems by American civil rights and women’s rights activist, co-founder of NOW, lawyer and Episcopal priest, Anna Pauline Murray (1910-1985). Many of..... Read More about Dark Testament and Other Poems

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A World View of Race. Ralph Bunche, 1904–1971

A World View of Race.

First book by Ralph Bunche, the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize by bringing the Israel and Arab states to agreement; a civil..... Read More about A World View of Race

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The Senate and the Versailles Mandate System. Rayford Logan, 1897–1981

The Senate and the Versailles Mandate System.

An examination of the Versailles Treaty that ended the First World War with a particular focus on the “Armenia Question.” The author, Rayford Whittingham Logan..... Read More about The Senate and the Versailles Mandate System

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The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with Haiti 1776-1891. [Inscribed Copy]. Rayford W....

The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with Haiti 1776-1891. [Inscribed Copy]

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

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The Negro and the Post-War World, A Primer. Rayford Whittingham Logan, 1897–1982

The Negro and the Post-War World, A Primer.

Immediate post-World War II survey of the plight Blacks in Africa, the West Indies, Latin America, and the United States by Howard University professor, author..... Read More about The Negro and the Post-War World, A Primer

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Soul Magnets. Twelve Sermons from New Testament Texts. Rev. Henry Kuhns Spearman, compiler Mrs....

Soul Magnets. Twelve Sermons from New Testament Texts.

Scarce compilation of sermons by Rev. Henry Kuhns Spearman (1875–1928), late pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Harlem in New York City. Bethel A.M.E. was..... Read More about Soul Magnets. Twelve Sermons from New Testament Texts

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Annals of the First African Church, in the United States of America, Now Styled The African...

Annals of the First African Church, in the United States of America, Now Styled The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia [...] Established by Absalom Jones, Richard Allen and Others, in 1787… [with carte de visite photograph of author]

First edition of this rare history of the first African Episcopal Church in America, St. Thomas Church in Philadelphia. Mounted opposite the title page is..... Read More about Annals of the First African Church, in the United States of America, Now Styled The African...

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Men of Maryland. Reverend George F. Bragg Jr

Men of Maryland.

History and biographical sketches of African Americans in Maryland, from slavery times till the time of this book’s publication. Notable names, such as Frederick Douglass..... Read More about Men of Maryland

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