“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 –
![3731864] The Centralian. 1967. Central State University. Delores Washington, Co- Danny Okorie](/pictures/thumb/3731864_1.jpg?v=1654031119)
Yearbook of Central State University, an independent HBCU since 1947. The school began in 1887 as a two-year normal and industrial department at A.M.E Church-affiliated..... Read More about The Centralian. 1967. Central State University
![3731863] Beacon. 1968. Cheyney State College. Janice A. Reid](/pictures/thumb/3731863_1.jpg?v=1654034756)
Yearbook of Cheyney State College, the oldest historically Black college in the United States. The school was founded in 1837 as the African Institute and..... Read More about Beacon. 1968. Cheyney State College
![3731862] Beacon. 1967. Cheyney State College. Janice A. Reid](/pictures/thumb/3731862_1.jpg?v=1654031119)
Yearbook of Cheyney State College, the oldest historically Black college in the United States. The school was founded in 1837 as the African Institute and..... Read More about Beacon. 1967. Cheyney State College
![3731861] Beacon. 1966. Cheyney State College. Ethlyn Anita Davis, -in Chief](/pictures/thumb/3731861_1.jpg?v=1654031119)
Yearbook of Cheyney State College, the oldest historically Black college in the United States. The school was founded in 1837 as the African Institute and..... Read More about Beacon. 1966. Cheyney State College
![3731852] The Negro in the Civil War. (Signed). Benjamin Quarles](/pictures/thumb/3731852_1.jpg?v=1650677707)
Important work about Black Americans and their role in the Union Army as soldiers, scouts, spies and propagandists, nurses, and workers in the Underground Railroad..... Read More about The Negro in the Civil War. (Signed
![3731851] Yankee Stepfather. General O.O. Howard and the Freedmen. William S. McFeely](/pictures/thumb/3731851_1.jpg?v=1650677706)
“This biographical study of O.O. Howard [Maj. General Oliver Otis Howard (1830–1909)] provides a new understanding of the historical relationship between black Americans and the..... Read More about Yankee Stepfather. General O.O. Howard and the Freedmen
![3731849] President Lincoln’s Attitude toward Slavery and Emancipation. With a Review of Events...](/pictures/thumb/3731849_1.jpg?v=1658772381)
Assessment of Abraham Lincoln’s mind on the questions of slavery and the emancipation of 3.5 million enslaved African Americans, published just over 50 years after..... Read More about President Lincoln’s Attitude toward Slavery and Emancipation. With a Review of Events Before...
![3730667] Light in the Dark Belt. The Story of Rosa Young as Told by Herself. Rosa Young,...](/pictures/thumb/3730667_1.jpg?v=1647962644)
First edition of this autobiography of this Alabamian and influential Southern educator and “planter” considered the “Mother of Black Lutheranism in Central Alabama.” Young is..... Read More about Light in the Dark Belt. The Story of Rosa Young as Told by Herself
![3731753] Freedomways, a Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom Movement. Vol. 2, No. 3. Shirley...](/pictures/thumb/3731753_1.jpg?v=1654301170)
Early issue of an important political and cultural journal focused on civil rights, published from 1961 to 1985. Freedomways was founded by Louis Burnham, Edward..... Read More about Freedomways, a Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom Movement. Vol. 2, No. 3
![3731680] Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed). Langston Hughes](/pictures/thumb/3731680_1.jpg?v=1647572607)
First edition of this first collection of the “Simple” short stories written about the everyday lives of Harlemites. Given by Hughes, in the year of..... Read More about Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed
![3731678] Dizzy Gillespie Signed Photograph, Jazz Trumpeter and Composer. photographer Eddie Birch](/pictures/thumb/3731678_1.jpg?v=1647572606)
Signed publicity photograph of Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993), showing him holding his iconic trumpet with its bell bent upward. Gillespie is noted for his bebop style..... Read More about Dizzy Gillespie Signed Photograph, Jazz Trumpeter and Composer
![3731677] The Gift of Black Folk. Negroes in the Making of America. (Presentation Copy?). W E. B....](/pictures/thumb/3731677_1.jpg?v=1647580041)
First edition. From the collection of Anna and Thomas O. Johnson with their bookplate. Thomas O. Johnson was a Harlem dentist and a friend to..... Read More about The Gift of Black Folk. Negroes in the Making of America. (Presentation Copy?
![3731675] Civil Rights. Speech of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, in the House of...](/pictures/thumb/3731675_1.jpg?v=1647572604)
This 1874 speech in support of the Civil Rights Act was the “defining moment” in the career of Robert Brown Elliott (1842–1884), a two-term Black..... Read More about Civil Rights. Speech of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, in the House of...
![3731424] With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman. Howard Thurman, 1899?–1981](/pictures/thumb/3731424_1.jpg?v=1654200431)
Autobiography of Howard Thurman (1899?–1981), theologian, educator, author, and civil rights mentor. Thurman taught at Howard University and worked behind the scenes with many important..... Read More about With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman
![3731415] A Review of the “Correspondence” of Messrs. Fuller & Wayland, on the Subject of...](/pictures/thumb/3731415_1.jpg?v=1647572600)
First edition. A handsome copy. A review of the epistolary debate between two Baptist clergymen conducted in 1844–1845 in a Boston newspaper, the Christian Reflector..... Read More about A Review of the “Correspondence” of Messrs. Fuller & Wayland, on the Subject of American...
![3731651] The Story of the Negro Retold. [Second Edition]. Carter Godwin Woodson](/pictures/thumb/3731651_1.jpg?v=1645196922)
African American history for school students written by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History”. Woodson begins the book with the African Diaspora and..... Read More about The Story of the Negro Retold. [Second Edition
![3731646] The Black Military Experience in the American West. John M. Carroll](/pictures/thumb/3731646_1.jpg?v=1645196921)
Anthology of essays on the military experiences of African Americans from the days of the Spanish Conquistadors up to 1918. Includes examinations of four all-Black..... Read More about The Black Military Experience in the American West
![3731645] The Fifteenth Amendment and Black America, 1870 - 1970. Charles H. Wesley, 1891–1987](/pictures/thumb/3731645_1.jpg?v=1645196921)
Published in the centennial year of the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the work examines the impact on African Americans of..... Read More about The Fifteenth Amendment and Black America, 1870 - 1970
![3731644] The Freedmen’s Bureau in South Carolina 1865-1872. Martin Abbott](/pictures/thumb/3731644_1.jpg?v=1645196920)
First edition. An authoritative treatise of the Freedmen’s Bureau’s activities in South Carolina. From the preface, “...I have raised some points about what might have..... Read More about The Freedmen’s Bureau in South Carolina 1865-1872
![3731444] Prophets for a New Day. (Signed). Margaret Walker](/pictures/thumb/3731444_1.jpg?v=1658606785)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about Prophets for a New Day. (Signed
![3731439] This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed). Margaret Walker](/pictures/thumb/3731439_1.jpg?v=1658603137)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed
![3730927] 22 Portraits of Prominent African Americans to Display at Home or School, possibly from...](/pictures/thumb/3730927_1.jpg?v=1645196890)
Associated Publishers, Inc. of Washington, D.C., were founded by the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson. Beginning by at least the 1930s, the Associated..... Read More about 22 Portraits of Prominent African Americans to Display at Home or School, possibly from the, One...
![3731477] Negro History in the Home, School, and Community. A Handbook 1966. [cover title]....](/pictures/thumb/3731477_1.jpg?v=1644879885)
Anthology of articles on African American history and the celebration of “Negro History Week” (now Black History Month), aimed in part at elementary, secondary, and..... Read More about Negro History in the Home, School, and Community. A Handbook 1966. [cover title
![3731476] Our Country, The United States of America, Our People, Americans All. [cover title]....](/pictures/thumb/3731476_1.jpg?v=1643483526)
1960s Middle and Junior High School social studies unit guide promoting the values of diversity. The guide was prepared for teachers to promote geographical knowledge..... Read More about Our Country, The United States of America, Our People, Americans All. [cover title
![3731467] How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. (Signed). Margaret Walker,...](/pictures/thumb/3731467_1.jpg?v=1658981185)
A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. (Signed
