Native Son.
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
African American Writers
The Negro in Pennsylvania. A Study in Economic History. A Thesis Submitted to the University of Pennsylvania in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Ph.D.
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...
Finding a Way Out. An Autobiography.
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
New World A-Coming. Inside Black America.
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
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New World A-Coming. Inside Black America. [Inscribed and Signed by the 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. [Inscribed and Signed by the Author
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Rosa Parks: My Story. [Signed by Rosa Parks]
Autobiographical memoir by this icon of the American Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s, made famous by her refusal to give up her seat to... Read More about Rosa Parks: My Story. [Signed by Rosa Parks
The Black Metropolis. A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City.
At the time of this book’s issue, Chicago was the second-largest Black population in America. Drake, a trained anthropologist, presents the social history of African-Americans..... Read More about The Black Metropolis. A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the Woman’s Club.
Advertising card for a public reading of African American poetry, given by Truda T. Weil at the Woman’s Club of Reading, Pennsylvania. The program consisted..... Read More about The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the...
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
First Edition of the first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Blockson 101: “A classic of its kind, the volume was the most extensive collection... Read More about The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
Second printing of the first comprehensive anthology of African American literature. Within are texts by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Booker T. Washington, James Weldon... Read More about The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes
The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes.
“A classic of its kind, the volume was the most extensive collection of pre-World War II Afro-American writings ever published. This impressive and indispensable anthology..... Read More about The Negro Caravan. Writings by American Negroes
Black Folk: Then And Now. An Essay in the History and Sociology of the Negro Race.
Du Bois’s attempt to refute the position that the black American had no future. “The volume was inspired in part by the failure of the..... Read More about Black Folk: Then And Now. An Essay in the History and Sociology of the Negro Race
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[1912 Typed Letter Signed by W.E.B. Du Bois on The Crisis Letterhead to George Washington Ellis].
A brief 3-line missive by Du Bois —“perhaps the most celebrated 20th century African American intellectual”— written to George Washington Ellis (1875–1919).¹ Ellis was graduated..... Read More about 1912 Typed Letter Signed by W.E.B. Du Bois on The Crisis Letterhead to George Washington Ellis
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638-1870.
The author’s first book. Blockson 101, #47 (for the first edition): “Du Bois launched his interest in black consciousness with his doctoral dissertation. The Suppression..... Read More about The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638-1870
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638-1870.
The author’s first book. Blockson 101, #47 (for the first edition): “Du Bois launched his interest in black consciousness with his doctoral dissertation. The Suppression..... Read More about The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638-1870
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638-1870. [First Edition]
First Edition of the author’s first book, this copy formerly from the library of the New England finishing school, Miss Porter’s School, in Farmington, Connecticut..... Read More about The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638-1870. [First Edition
The Negro American Artisan.
One of a series of studies of “so-called Negro problems” co-edited by African-American sociologist and academic W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) and his student, Augustus Granville..... Read More about The Negro American Artisan
Economic Co-Operation among Negro Americans.
One of a series of academic studies of African Americans published by Atlanta University and edited by African-American sociologist and academic, W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963)..... Read More about Economic Co-Operation among Negro Americans
Efforts for Social Social Betterment among Negro Americans.
One of a series of academic studies of African Americans published by Atlanta University and edited by African-American sociologist and academic, W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963)..... Read More about Efforts for Social Social Betterment among Negro Americans
The Negro Common School. Report of a Social Study Made under the Direction of Atlanta University; together with the Proceedings of the Sixth Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, Held at Atlanta University, on May 28th, 1901.
One of a series of academic studies of African Americans published by Atlanta University and edited by African-American sociologist and academic, W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)..... Read More about The Negro Common School. Report of a Social Study Made under the Direction of Atlanta University;...
Dusk of Dawn. An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept.
“Du Bois accepted an appointment as chair of the sociology department at Atlanta University, where he had already been teaching as a visiting professor during..... Read More about Dusk of Dawn. An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept
The Gift of Black Folk. Negroes in the Making of America.
The contribution of African-American men and women in the building of America. Du Bois dedicates chapters to black explorers, labor, soldiers, the “Freedom of Womanhood”..... Read More about The Gift of Black Folk. Negroes in the Making of America
The Souls of Black Folk.
Du Bois’s classic work in which his prophecy is presented: that the problem of the 20th century is that of the color line. Blockson 101..... Read More about The Souls of Black Folk
Phylon, The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture [Volumes I and II].
First two volumes—eight issues in all—of Phylon, a quarterly academic journal dedicated to issues of race and culture from an African American perspective, edited by..... Read More about Phylon, The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture [Volumes I and II
Writings: The Suppression of the Slave-Trade. The Souls of Black Folk. Dusk of Dawn. Essays and Articles.
With an Introduction by Nathan Huggins, a collection of standard classics authored by W.E.B. Du Bois. [New York]: The Library of America, (1986). 1334pp. Publisher’s..... Read More about Writings: The Suppression of the Slave-Trade. The Souls of Black Folk. Dusk of Dawn. Essays and...