“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
– Frederick Douglass –
“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
– Frederick Douglass –
Van Deusen’s book narrative flow is one peppered with facts, an overview of the black experience in 20th century America, through the author’s interpretation. African-Americans..... Read More about The Black Man in White America
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Important and innovative study on Reconstruction in the South following the American Civil War by a noted African American academic and writer. Franklin’s “work on..... Read More about Reconstruction After the Civil War. [inscribed by the author
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Rare autobiographical pamphlet by Angelo Herndon (1913–1997), Black labor organizer and Communist Party activist. The pamphlet issued after he was convicted and imprisoned in Georgia..... Read More about “You Cannot Kill the Working Class” [cover title
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Handbill advertising a cabaret-dance sponsored by the Brothers of Omega Psi Chi fraternity at Lincoln University (HBCU). The evening’s entertainment was held at Town Hall..... Read More about 1961 Lincoln University (HBCU) fraternity broadside:] Cabaret-Dance Relay Rendezvous Part...
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Separately Issued reprint containing Holmes’s observations of his tenure at Howard University, in two parts and here collected together. Holmes, a native of West Virginia..... Read More about Fifty Years of Howard University. [Dwight Oliver Wendell Holmes
Modestly illustrated throughout. Two hundred and thirty-eight items thoroughly described. The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1969. Octavo, 83 pages. First edition. Printed wrappers as issued..... Read More about Negro History 1553-1903. An Exhibition of Books, Prints, and Manuscripts From the Shelves of the...
Biography of Radical Republican journalist and diplomat James Shepherd Pike (1811–1882) of Maine. Pike was the author of The Prostrate State: South Carolina under Negro..... Read More about James Shepherd Pike. Republicanism and the American Negro, 1850-1882
Biography of Radical Republican journalist and diplomat James Shepherd Pike (1811–1882) of Maine. Pike was the author of The Prostrate State: South Carolina under Negro..... Read More about James Shepherd Pike. Republicanism and the American Negro, 1850-1882
The author examines the “responses of white racists to emancipation and reconstruction ... it is a description of the origins and early applications of American..... Read More about Black Scare. The Racist Response to Emancipation and Reconstruction
First edition of this autobiography written by this remarkable black American often associated with the Harlem Renaissance; lawyer, author, librettist, journalist, civil rights leader, educator..... Read More about Along This Way. The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson
Publicity card for the Black women’s vocal trio of Victoria Wallace, Valerie Holiday, and Helen Scott who performed as The Three Degrees. The card, which..... Read More about The Three Degrees. [caption title of publicity card for an African American women’s vocal trio
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Limited edition autographed baseball print autographed by five Negro League Baseball players all of whom played for the New York Cubans. The New York Cubans..... Read More about Negro League Legends. [limited edition print autographed by 5 New York Cubans players
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Unrecorded 1940 Republican U.S. Presidential campaign handbill or small broadside enlisting the Black vote issued in the aftermath of a “shocking ” and, as suggested..... Read More about Negro Policeman Kicked by Roosevelt’s Secretary. [caption title of political broadside
Memorial supporting the rights of slaveholders by 220 citizens of Washington, D.C. who “...do not desire the enactment of any law for the extinction of..... Read More about Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the District of Columbia, adverse To any legislation on the...
Memorial of Society of the District of Columbia for the Colonization and Civilization of Africa here joining with the national American Colonization Society to promote..... Read More about Memorial of The Society of the District of Columbia for the Colonization and Civilization of...
Copy photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, the evening before his assassination, with his aide Jesse Jackson. Jackson..... Read More about Photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, the day before his assassination,...
Signed by Allan Rohan Crite (1910–2007) on the title page, below which the illustrator has added his cyphered initials. An inscription on the front free..... Read More about Were You There When They Crucified My Lord, A Negro Spiritual in Illustrations by Allan Rohan...
Publicity photograph of the hip-hop duo Da-Lite and Kool Keem who performed as Better Knowledge. Based on the contact telephone numbers, it appears that the..... Read More about Publicity Photograph for Hip-Hop Artists Da-Lite and Kool Keem performing as Better Knowledge,...
Angelina W. Grimké (1880–1958) was an African-American female poet and reclusive celibate lesbian who was born into the noted biracial Grimké family, with its strong..... Read More about Rachel. A Play in Three Acts
Well-illustrated program for the Black women’s beauty contest or “Calendar Girl Pageant” sponsored by The Combination, an African American magazine published in Oakland California. The..... Read More about The Combination Calendar Girl Pageant presents 6th Annual The Twelve Choice of Beauty...
One of a small handful of titles authored by this historically significant Black American attorney and Congressman from North Carolina: “As a well-educated veteran politician..... Read More about Defense of the Negro Race — Charges Answered. Speech of Hon. George H. White, of North...
Autograph Note Signed by militant abolitionist, politician, and social activist Gerrit Smith (1797–1874) and addressed to a “Mr. [or] Wm. Brice.” that reads, in part..... Read More about 1858 Autograph Note Signed by Abolitionist Gerrit Smith of New York Mourning the Death of His...
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
Angelina W. Grimké (1880–1958) was an African-American female poet and reclusive celibate lesbian who was born into the noted biracial Grimké family, with its strong..... Read More about Rachel. A Play in Three Acts
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Full-length portrait photograph of Drum Major George S. Beale of the 68th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry. Beale is shown in uniform, holding a sword and..... Read More about CDV Photograph of Drum Major George S. Beale, 68th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry
