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Light in the Dark Belt. The Story of Rosa Young as Told by Herself. Rosa Young, 1890–1971

Light in the Dark Belt. The Story of Rosa Young as Told by Herself.

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

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Freedomways, a Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom Movement. Vol. 2, No. 3. Shirley Graham,...

Freedomways, a Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom Movement. Vol. 2, No. 3.

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

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The Souls of Black Folk. Essays and Sketches. Printed music within text. W E. B. Du Bois,...

The Souls of Black Folk. Essays and Sketches. Printed music within text.

An unusually fine copy of Du Bois’s landmark work in which his prophecy is presented: that the problem of the 20th century is that of..... Read More about The Souls of Black Folk. Essays and Sketches. Printed music within text

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Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed). Langston Hughes

Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed)

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

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Dizzy Gillespie Signed Photograph, Jazz Trumpeter and Composer. photographer Eddie Birch

Dizzy Gillespie Signed Photograph, Jazz Trumpeter and Composer.

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

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The Gift of Black Folk. Negroes in the Making of America. (Presentation Copy?). W E. B. Du Bois,...

The Gift of Black Folk. Negroes in the Making of America. (Presentation Copy?)

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?

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Civil Rights. Speech of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, in the House of...

Civil Rights. Speech of Hon. Robert B. Elliott, of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives, January 6, 1874. [caption title]

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...

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With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman. Howard Thurman, 1899?–1981

With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman.

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

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A Review of the “Correspondence” of Messrs. Fuller & Wayland, on the Subject of American...

A Review of the “Correspondence” of Messrs. Fuller & Wayland, on the Subject of American Slavery…to which is added a Discourse, by Roger Williams, Printed, London, 1652, on “The Hireling Ministry.”

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...

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The Story of the Negro Retold. [Second Edition]. Carter Godwin Woodson

The Story of the Negro Retold. [Second Edition]

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

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The Black Military Experience in the American West. John M. Carroll

The Black Military Experience in the American West.

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

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The Fifteenth Amendment and Black America, 1870 - 1970. Charles H. Wesley, 1891–1987

The Fifteenth Amendment and Black America, 1870 - 1970.

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

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The Freedmen’s Bureau in South Carolina 1865-1872. Martin Abbott

The Freedmen’s Bureau in South Carolina 1865-1872.

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

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Prophets for a New Day. (Signed). Margaret Walker

Prophets for a New Day. (Signed)

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

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This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed). Margaret Walker

This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed)

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

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22 Portraits of Prominent African Americans to Display at Home or School, possibly from the, One...

22 Portraits of Prominent African Americans to Display at Home or School, possibly from the, One Hundred Pictures of Distinguished Negroes set sold by Associated Publishers.

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...

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Negro History in the Home, School, and Community. A Handbook 1966. [cover title]. Charles H. Wesley

Negro History in the Home, School, and Community. A Handbook 1966. [cover title]

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

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Our Country, The United States of America, Our People, Americans All. [cover title]. Edyth H....

Our Country, The United States of America, Our People, Americans All. [cover title]

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

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How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. (Signed). Margaret Walker, Maryemma...

How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. (Signed)

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

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Congaree Sketches. Scenes from Negro Life in the Swamps of the Congaree and Tales by Tad and Scip...

Congaree Sketches. Scenes from Negro Life in the Swamps of the Congaree and Tales by Tad and Scip of Heaven and Hell with Other Miscellany.

First edition of this collection of tales of folklore from the Carolinas. Congaree Sketches is described by the publisher as “A collection of authentic stories..... Read More about Congaree Sketches. Scenes from Negro Life in the Swamps of the Congaree and Tales by Tad and Scip...

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Richard Wright: Letters to Joe C. Brown. Thomas Knipp

Richard Wright: Letters to Joe C. Brown.

“These few letters which Richard Wright wrote to his boyhood friend, Joe C. Brown, reveal something about the author’s hope, achievement, and, finally, his literary..... Read More about Richard Wright: Letters to Joe C. Brown

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South of Freedom. (Signed). Carl T. Rowan

South of Freedom. (Signed)

Signed. First Edition of the author’s first book. A Tennessee native, Rowan was a respected journalist for the Minneapolis Tribune, a Department of State government..... Read More about South of Freedom. (Signed

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Race Relations in Virginia & Miscegenation in the South, 1776-1860. James Hugo Johnston

Race Relations in Virginia & Miscegenation in the South, 1776-1860.

“This volume is a major source book on race relations in the South from the American Revolution to the outbreak of the Civil War. The..... Read More about Race Relations in Virginia & Miscegenation in the South, 1776-1860

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Ohio Colonization Society. Letter from the Secretary of the Ohio Colonization Society. [Liberia,...

Ohio Colonization Society. Letter from the Secretary of the Ohio Colonization Society. [Liberia, Africa Colonization Schemes]

1870 broadsheet issued by the Ohio Colonization Society defending the colonization of African-Americans in Liberia and writing passionately of those “...having been torn from their..... Read More about Ohio Colonization Society. Letter from the Secretary of the Ohio Colonization Society. [Liberia,...

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Negro School Attendance in Delaware. A Report to the State Board of Education of Delaware. Bureau...

Negro School Attendance in Delaware. A Report to the State Board of Education of Delaware. Bureau of Education Service Citizens of Delaware.

Extensive, statistical study of African American school attendance, using the entire State of Delaware as the sample case. The investigation, which contrasts Black and White..... Read More about Negro School Attendance in Delaware. A Report to the State Board of Education of Delaware. Bureau...

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