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A World in Shadow. The Free Black in Antebellum South Carolina.

The author discusses how Free Blacks in South Carolina pre-American Civil War were allowed to remain free due to their tremendous economic output and presents..... Read More about A World in Shadow. The Free Black in Antebellum South Carolina

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3731995] “A Lost American Hero.” – Original 1916 Portrait of Douglass Roach of...

“A Lost American Hero.” – Original 1916 Portrait of Douglass Roach of Provincetown, Massachusetts by Arthur Vidal Diehl.

“25 minutes from life.” An oil portrait of Douglas Roach (1909–1938), as a seven year-old Provincetown boy, painted on-the-spot, by the prolific Cape Cod artist..... Read More about “A Lost American Hero.” – Original 1916 Portrait of Douglass Roach of Provincetown,...

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3731618] [Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances E.W. Harper:]...

[Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances E.W. Harper:] Battling for the Ballot. Extraordinary Scenes at the Woman’s Rights Convention ... Female Suffrage First, Negro Suffrage Last [within:] The World.

On the front page, in four lengthy columns, a sensationalized, and important contemporary account of the great feud between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony..... Read More about Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances E.W. Harper:] Battling for...

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Jazz New York. [Randall’s Island Jazz festival, August, 1956]

Essays and photographs published on the occasion of the 1956 Randall’s Island Jazz Festival with performances by Billie Holliday, Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie..... Read More about Jazz New York. [Randall’s Island Jazz festival, August, 1956

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3732375] The Great Question for the People! Essays on the Elective Franchise or, Who has the...

The Great Question for the People! Essays on the Elective Franchise or, Who has the Right to Vote?

History of the political right of suffrage and with a discussion on African Americans, as citizens and as voters, in ante-bellum United States. Hancock covers..... Read More about The Great Question for the People! Essays on the Elective Franchise or, Who has the Right to Vote?

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The Learning Tree. (Signed)

First English edition of this fictional autobiography by Kansas-born Gordon Parks. The basis for this groundbreaking film in African American cinema. Directed by Parks, The..... Read More about The Learning Tree. (Signed

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3733081] Reminiscences of West Point in the Olden Time, Derived from Various Sources, and...

Reminiscences of West Point in the Olden Time, Derived from Various Sources, and Register of Graduates of the United States Military Academy, Corrected to September 1st, 1886, With an Index.

First edition. The first forty pages are devoted to a history of West Point, followed by a complete register, by year, starting with 1802, of..... Read More about Reminiscences of West Point in the Olden Time, Derived from Various Sources, and Register of...

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The Negro History Bulletin. February 1954. Vol. XVII, No. 5. [Carter G. Woodson]

Includes articles by Bernard Mandel (“Anti-Slavery and the Southern Workers”), Marguerite Cartwright, and Mrs. Vivian R. Beavers (“Teaching the History of the Negro in Secondary..... Read More about The Negro History Bulletin. February 1954. Vol. XVII, No. 5. [Carter G. Woodson

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The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I, No. 4, October 1916.

Authors in this early issue include C.E. Pierre, Alice Dunbar-Nelson (“People of Color in Louisiana, Part I”), Wm. T. McKinney (on the defeat of secessionists..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I, No. 4, October 1916

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The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, October 1949.

Authors in this issue include Leonard Bernstein (“The Participation of Negro Delegates in the Constitutional Convention of 1868 in North Carolina”); Joseph H. Taylor (“Populism..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, October 1949

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The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, July 1949.

Authors in this issue include Williston H. Lofton (“Northern Labor and the Negro during the Civil War”); Sidney Kaplan (“The Miscegenation Issue in the Election..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, July 1949

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The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, April 1947.

Authors in this issue include Charles H. Wesley (“Negro Suffrage in the Period of Constitution-Making, 1787-1865”); Herbert Aptheker (“The Negro in the Union Navy”); Lawrence..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, April 1947

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The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, July 1942.

Authors in this issue include Luther P. Jackson (“Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seamen in the American Revolution”); Frank J. Klingberg; Harold Courlander; and Ronald V...... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, July 1942

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3732903] [Benjamin Quarles: Signed:] “The Breach between Douglass and Garrison” in The...

[Benjamin Quarles: Signed:] “The Breach between Douglass and Garrison” in The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, April 1938.

This issue leads with an article by Benjamin Quarles on Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, signed by Quarles. Other authors seen in this issue..... Read More about Benjamin Quarles: Signed:] “The Breach between Douglass and Garrison” in The Journal of Negro...

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3732901] The Negro in South Carolina during the Reconstruction [in:] The Journal of Negro...

The Negro in South Carolina during the Reconstruction [in:] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. IX, No. 3, July 1924 and No. 4, October 1924.

First edition (preceding its publication in book-form) of this important monograph on the role of African Americans during South Carolina’s Reconstruction-era. In 1922 Taylor [Alrutheus..... Read More about The Negro in South Carolina during the Reconstruction [in:] The Journal of Negro History, Vol....

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The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July 1928.

Authors in this issue include N. Andrew N. Claven; W. Sherman Savage on the history of Blacks in the Pacific Northwest; and Jean Trepp’s article..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July 1928

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The Journal of Negro History, Vol. VIII, No. 1, January 1923.

Authors in this issue include L.P. Jackson on the Freedman’s Bureau, G.R. Wilson on slave religion, and G. Smith on pioneer educator of Black women..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. VIII, No. 1, January 1923

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The Negro History Bulletin. October 1958. Vol. XXII, No. 8.

Includes articles by Gilbert Voight (“South Carolina Negro Paradise” [Port Royal Experiment]), Earl Thorpe, Lawrence Howard (“A Note on New England Whaling and Africa Before..... Read More about The Negro History Bulletin. October 1958. Vol. XXII, No. 8

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The Negro History Bulletin. April 1962. Vol. XXV, No. 7.

Includes articles by Charlotte Kendrick Brooks, Ernest C. Tate (“Wit of James Weldon Johnson”), Kenneth Faris (“A Small Portrait of Richard Wright”), Horace Montgomery on..... Read More about The Negro History Bulletin. April 1962. Vol. XXV, No. 7

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[The Rumble in the Jungle] George Foreman Muhammad Ali Championship Fight.

Promotional item for the famous 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” championship boxing match that pitted Muhammad Ali against George Foreman in Zaire. The fight was..... Read More about The Rumble in the Jungle] George Foreman Muhammad Ali Championship Fight

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3732811] The Rendition of Anthony Burns. Its Causes and Consequences. A Discourse on Christian...

The Rendition of Anthony Burns. Its Causes and Consequences. A Discourse on Christian Politics, delivered in Williams Hall, Boston, on Whitsunday, June 4, 1854.

First edition of The Rendition of Anthony Burns, a sermon given by Boston’s Transcendentalist an abolitionist preacher, James Freeman Clarke. Clarke’s anti-slavery speech proved popular..... Read More about The Rendition of Anthony Burns. Its Causes and Consequences. A Discourse on Christian Politics,...

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Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Profusely illustrated, an important exhibition catalog on Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first Black American artist to attain international distinction. Born in Pennsylvania, Tanner is known..... Read More about Henry Ossawa Tanner

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3732626] The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers...

The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society October 6, 1911]

Hensel’s account of the Christiana Riot, an incident of African American-led armed resistance which took place in 1851 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just over the..... Read More about The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers Read...

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A Journey in the Back Country. In the Winter of 1853-4. (Two Volumes)

“In this book Olmsted revealed that he considered slavery a very undesirable institution, although he cautioned against immediate abolition. Since this was the last of..... Read More about A Journey in the Back Country. In the Winter of 1853-4. (Two Volumes

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Malcolm X. The Man and His Times.

Twenty-one “Black writers (including Shirley Graham DuBois, Ossie Davis, and Gordon Parks) on the most charismatic and pivotal figure in Afro-American history—who he really was..... Read More about Malcolm X. The Man and His Times

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