“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 –
A study of segregation in the American Protestant church. From the dust jacket, “The author compares the ideals and goals held by representative Methodists, both..... Read More about Negro Segregation in The Methodist Church
![Man From Deep Creek. [Inscribed and Signed by Author]. Sheila Sawyer](/pictures/thumb/3728605.jpg?v=1592862863)
“The story of a man from Deep Creek, Virginia and how he became a man of New York City, and a father to be adored..... Read More about Man From Deep Creek. [Inscribed and Signed by Author
Essays by Howard University professor and administrator, Kelly Miller. Several essays explore, “the role of education as a contributor to racial advance,” and Kelly also..... Read More about Out of the House of Bondage
From the dust jacket, “Black soldiers (called Smoked Yankees by the Spaniards) hoped to ease Negro oppression in the United States by serving in the..... Read More about Smoked Yankees and the Struggle for Empire: Letters From Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902
Small broadside promoting an all-African American musical line-up for a July 4th holiday weekend musical concert for returning Gulf War veterans. Appearing at the concert—held..... Read More about Bay-Bay Promotions—Presents a—Welcome Back Home! Persian Gulf Heroes with a Holiday Blues...
![Racial Harmony in 1930:] You are Invited to Hear Dr. Frank D. Adams Minister, Universalist...](/pictures/thumb/3728533_1.jpg?v=1554304016)
Small broadside announcing a public lecture by Universalist minister Dr. Frank D. Adams on the topic of “negroes joining white churches,” presented at Detroit’s East..... Read More about Racial Harmony in 1930:] You are Invited to Hear Dr. Frank D. Adams Minister, Universalist...
![The Negro Question. [with interesting African American provenance]. George W. Cable, J E. Bruce,...](/pictures/thumb/3728478_1.jpg?v=1552931640)
Toward the end of his literary career, New Orleans-native and Southern author George W. Cable turned from popular novels—e.g. Old Creole Days, Madame Delphine, and..... Read More about The Negro Question. [with interesting African American provenance
Scarce first edition. One of 1500 copies printed. Noted work by this New Orleans native, discussing the “Negro Problem” and especially critical of the Southern..... Read More about The Silent South together with The Freedman’s Case in Equity and the Convict Lease System
Blockson: “The best known early study of the development and contribution of blacks in the field of labor. Wesley, (b. 1891), a former president of..... Read More about Negro Labor in the United States, 1850-1925. A Study in American Economic History
Blockson: “The best known early study of the development and contribution of blacks in the field of labor. Wesley, (b. 1891), a former president of..... Read More about Negro Labor in the United States, 1850-1925. A Study in American Economic History
![From every mountainside, let freedom ring! Martin Luther King, Jr. [poster]. designer Carol...](/pictures/thumb/3728389_1.jpg?v=1548868045)
Inspirational poster featuring a photographic portrait of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. against a rainbow-like background. The poster was designed by Carol..... Read More about From every mountainside, let freedom ring! Martin Luther King, Jr. [poster
Fact book for the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church, the first independent U.S. African American church, presented in a catechism-like format, with questions and answers..... Read More about Vital Facts Concerning the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Its Origin, Doctrines, Government,...
Civil rights reformer, Mary White Ovington, caucasian, was a founder of the N.A.A.C.P. “Ovington began in 1904 a study of black Manhattan. Focusing particularly on..... Read More about Half a Man. The Status of the Negro in New York
“The definitive account of the first American blacks emancipated in the Revolution, their return to Africa, and their creation of a new society there.” (dust..... Read More about The Loyal Blacks
Quite scarce. Compilation of addresses on contemporary economic, political, educational, and social issues affecting African Americans. These 17 talks were delivered at the second Southern..... Read More about The Human Way. Addresses on Race Problems at the Southern Sociological Congress Atlanta, 1913
Clark, New South (t.p. illustrated) II:6 — “[Archer] seemed unable to divest himself of certain English attitudes. His position on race is indicated by his..... Read More about Through Afro-America. An English Reading of the Race Problem
The Tappan Papers; correspondence between noted New York abolitionist Lewis Tappan and other important figures from the 19th-century anti-slavery movement. The present work is described..... Read More about A Side-Light on Anglo-American Relations, 1839-1858: Furnished by the Correspondence of Lewis...
![Spelman College:] Campus Mirror. Commencement Issue. Volume XX. 1944 Number 8. Nina Charlton,...](/pictures/thumb/3728083_1.jpg?v=1543437610)
Charming commencement issue from this Atlanta, Georgia college, the oldest private historically Black liberal arts college for women. This issue of the The Campus Mirror—“The..... Read More about Spelman College:] Campus Mirror. Commencement Issue. Volume XX. 1944 Number 8
![Dual Provenance:] Following the Color Line. An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American...](/pictures/thumb/3728065_1.jpg?v=1543874735)
Important study on race in America written by journalist Ray Stannard Baker in the aftermath of the Atlanta race riot of 1906. This copy with..... Read More about Dual Provenance:] Following the Color Line. An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American...
Urgently-toned tract attributed to John Francis Fisher (1807–1873), published in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election as president and amid the “hot” talk of..... Read More about Concessions and Compromises
Union Pamphlets 22: “[A] simple historical and constitutional sketch of the background of the conflict, apparently aimed at those Philadelphia workingmen who were voting so..... Read More about About the War. Plain Words to Plain People by a Plain Man
The British antislavery movement marked victories with British ending its involvement in the slave trade in 1807 and emancipation in Britain’s sugar colonies in 1833..... Read More about British Antislavery 1833-1870
First Edition of this massive work, for its time, providing a thorough reviews of all aspects (admissions, faculty, degrees granted, historical and/or general overview etc.)..... Read More about Survey of Negro Colleges and Universities
Facsimile of the 1929 first edition of this massive work, for its time, providing a thorough reviews of all aspects (admissions, faculty, degrees granted, historical..... Read More about Survey of Negro Colleges and Universities
Juvenile biography of Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955), educator, organizer of African American women, and civil rights activist. “This is the challenging and inspired true story..... Read More about Mary McLeod Bethune
