![Youngblood. [Inscribed Copy]. John O. Killens, 1916–1987, John Oliver Killens.](/pictures/thumb/3727372_1.jpg?v=1545242456)
Youngblood. [Inscribed Copy]
Novel about a black family’s struggles in a Southern factory town, set in 1920s–1930s Crossroads, Georgia. Killens, a native of Macon, Georgia, wrote six novels..... Read More
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![A Portrayal of Negro Life. [With Publisher’s Illustrated Prospectus]. William A. Cooper.](/pictures/thumb/3728187_1.jpg?v=1546963430)
A Portrayal of Negro Life. [With Publisher’s Illustrated Prospectus]
Twenty-seven portraits of idealized black Americans, one a self portrait of Cooper himself. Each portrait is displayed full-page in black-and-white, reproduced from the original artwork... Read More
Color and Democracy: Colonies and Peace.
Thoughts on post-war peace by this noted African American sociologist, historian, and Pan-Africanist, W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963), published in what were the waning months of..... Read More
![Lincoln and the Negro. [Inscribed by Author]. Benjamin Quarles, 1904–1996.](/pictures/thumb/3728030_1.jpg?v=1545088713)
Lincoln and the Negro. [Inscribed by Author]
“Lincoln became Lincoln because of the Negro, and it was the latter who first reflected the image of the Lincoln that was to live.” (Author’s..... Read More
![The Emancipation Proclamation. [Inscribed by Author]. John Hope Franklin, 1915–2009.](/pictures/thumb/3728026_1.jpg?v=1546963424)
The Emancipation Proclamation. [Inscribed by Author]
Centennial history of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation which freed 3.5 million enslaved African Americans. The “evolution of the document in the mind of Lincoln..... Read More
![Pioneers of Long Ago. [Lois Mailou Jones, Illustrator]. Jessie Hailstalk Roy, Geneva Calcier Turner.](/pictures/thumb/3728182_1.jpg?v=1545174819)
Pioneers of Long Ago. [Lois Mailou Jones, Illustrator]
With compelling illustrations by Lois Mailou Jones, an American history book for African American youth, written by two African American women from Washington, D.C. Each..... Read More
Tuskegee to Voorhees. The Booker T. Washington Idea Projected by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright.
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Evelyn Wright (1872–1906) School founder, educator. A native of Georgia, she founded the Denmark Industrial Institute in Denmark, South Carolina, a school for..... Read More
The New Negro. His Political, Civil and Mental Status and Related Essays.
The New Negro was published in the midst of the First World War, during the Jim Crow era, at a time when many Southern blacks... Read More
American Aesop: Negro and Other Humor.
A collection of African American humor (preachers, religion, war, misc.,), most in dialect, by this African American writer. Additionally, there are stories of humor dedicated... Read More
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
![The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638-1870. [First Edition]. W E. Burghardt Du Bois, 1868–1963.](/images/noimage-req.png)
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
![Knock on Any Door. [First Edition]. Willard Motley.](/pictures/thumb/3728051_1.jpg?v=1545174816)
Knock on Any Door. [First Edition]
First edition of the first book by this African-American writer who grew up on Chicago’s South Side. Made into the movie of the same name..... Read More
Black Boy. A Record of Childhood and Youth.
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
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
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
![The Diary of James T. Ayers Civil War Recruiter. [Inscribed by the Author]. John Hope Franklin, 1915–2009.](/pictures/thumb/3727878_1.jpg?v=1542302142)
The Diary of James T. Ayers Civil War Recruiter. [Inscribed by the Author]
American Civil War diary of Kentucky-native James T. Ayers, “...an Illinois lay preacher who served in Sherman’s Army. His day-by-day entries constitute a humorous and..... Read More
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
![The American Negro. What he Was, What He Is, and What He May Become. A Critical and Practical Discussion. [Association Copy]. William Hannibal Thomas.](/pictures/thumb/3727975_1.jpg?v=1541628086)
The American Negro. What he Was, What He Is, and What He May Become. A Critical and Practical Discussion. [Association Copy]
First Edition and Association Copy. Rare to find inscribed and in such appealing condition. Written of as the “Black Judas”, African American William Hannibal Thomas..... Read More
The Picture-Poetry Book.
Lovely copy of this charming little book of poetry by this African American author and noted African American illustratror Lois Mailou Jones. Washington, D.C.: Associated..... Read More
The Greatest of These.
The author’s first book, published in 1945. A short collection of poems from this Florida-native African American theologian, philosopher, and civil rights activist. ANB: “By..... Read More
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
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
Black Labor Chant and Other Poems.
Extraordinary volume of posthumously published poetry by an African-American educator. Illustrated poems on themes of racial discrimination, segregation, and violence are prominently featured. Half the... Read More
History of the Helping Hand Club of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church.
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
American Daughter.
Autobiography from this Iowa native writing of her early life in North Dakota, her college degree achievement, and then her removal to Chicago during the... Read More
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