![Shakespeare in Harlem. [Signed Presentation Copy]. Langston Hughes, 1902?–1967](/pictures/thumb/3729142_1.jpg?v=1579733587)
Signed and inscribed book of poems by Langston Hughes, the “Poet Laureate of Harlem.” Includes his poems “In a Troubled Key,” “Death in Harlem,” “Black..... Read More about Shakespeare in Harlem. [Signed Presentation Copy
Diaries kept by African American author and academic Lorenzo J. Greene (1899–1988) when then-graduate student Greene was research assistant to the “father of black history,”..... Read More about Working with Carter G. Woodson, The Father of Black History. A Diary, 1928-1930
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
![The Booker T. Washington Papers [9 volumes (of 14)]. Louis R. Harlan, Raymond W. Smock,...](/pictures/thumb/3728833_1.jpg?v=1572374121)
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
First edition of Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s final book—containing the important chapter on “Black Power.” King’s book is about non-violence in the face of growing..... Read More about Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
History of this women’s charity founded in 1907, an outgrowth from the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church. A brief biography of its founder, Mary Emma Cabaniss..... Read More about History of the Helping Hand Club of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church
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
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...
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
Twelve stories, first edition of Dunbar’s first prose collection. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1898. First Edition. Rust-brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black..... Read More about Folks from Dixie
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
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
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
![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
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
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...
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...
Autobiographical memoir by Reverdy Cassius Ransom (1861–1959), African American Christian socialist and civil rights activist. He served in the African Methodist Episcopal Church as the..... Read More about The Pilgrimage of Harriet Ransom’s Son
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
![Black Boy. A Record of Childhood and Youth. [Signed by Richard Wright]. Richard Wright](/pictures/thumb/3727475_1.jpg?v=1561563372)
First Edition of Richard Wright’s fourth book. The haunting tale of his incredibly chaotic and extraordinarily difficult Southern childhood. One filled with constant hunger, a...... Read More about Black Boy. A Record of Childhood and Youth. [Signed by Richard Wright
First edition of the author’s magnum opus; one of the most powerful protest novels ever published on the African American condition in America. Blockson 101..... Read More about Native Son
Wright’s scarce 1911 doctoral thesis. The third Black American to receive a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. The present work is a thorough work..... Read More about The Negro in Pennsylvania. A Study in Economic History. A Thesis Submitted to the University of...
A Virginia-native and Hampton Institute student, Moton (1867-1940) was a protégé of Booker T. Washington and upon the death of his mentor was named Principal..... Read More about Finding a Way Out. An Autobiography
Race inequality overview by long-time Tuskegee Institute principal and successor to Booker T. Washington, Robert Russa Moton. From the text: “Meanwhile nothing can contribute more..... Read More about What The Negro Thinks. [Inscribed and Signed by Author
Life in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s with efforts to investigate numerous questions such as: “What is the Negro’s attitude toward his white employer..... Read More about New World A-Coming. Inside Black America
