![3731422] The Learning Tree. (Signed). Gordon Parks](/pictures/thumb/3731422_1.jpg?v=1675199474)
The Learning Tree. (Signed)
First English edition of this fictional autobiography by Kansas-born Gordon Parks. The book is the basis for the 1969 movie that was directed by Parks;..... Read More about The Learning Tree. (Signed
“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
– Frederick Douglass –
African-American History
“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
– Frederick Douglass –
![3731421] Veiled Aristocrats. Gertrude Sanborn, 1881–1928](/pictures/thumb/3731421_1.jpg?v=1675300067)
Veiled Aristocrats.
A novel of African Americans “passing” for white including an interracial romance; partly set in Chicago. Written by Gertrude Sanborn (1881–1928), the novel attacked racism..... Read More about Veiled Aristocrats
![3733081] Reminiscences of West Point in the Olden Time, Derived from Various Sources, and...](/pictures/thumb/3733081_1.jpg?v=1674597996)
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...
![3732968] Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom. Charles H. Wesley, 1891–1987, Charles Harris...](/pictures/thumb/3732968_1.jpeg?v=1674243916)
Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom.
Biography of Richard Allen (1760–1831), once-enslaved, the African American, preacher, hymn book publisher, founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church. Charles H...... Read More about Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom
![3732965] The Negro History Bulletin. February 1954. Vol. XVII, No. 5. [Carter G. Woodson]....](/pictures/thumb/3732965_1.jpg?v=1674243913)
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
![3732963] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I, No. 4, October 1916. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732963_1.jpg?v=1674243913)
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
![3732916] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, October 1949. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732916_1.jpg?v=1672776458)
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
![3732915] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, July 1949. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732915_1.jpg?v=1672776458)
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
![3732907] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, April 1947. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732907_1.jpg?v=1672776458)
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
![3732904] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, July 1942. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732904_1.jpg?v=1672776457)
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
![3732903] [Benjamin Quarles: Signed:] “The Breach between Douglass and Garrison” in The...](/images/noimage-req.png)
[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...
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....
![3732900] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July 1928. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732900_1.jpg?v=1672776456)
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
![3732897] The Journal of Negro History, Vol. VIII, No. 1, January 1923. Carter G. Woodson,...](/pictures/thumb/3732897_1.jpg?v=1677960431)
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
The Song of the Cotton Picker.
Introduction by Archibald Rutledge. With photographs by Carl Julien. Photos and poems that document the songs and daily life of the “gullah Negroes” of South..... Read More about The Song of the Cotton Picker
![3732913] The Negro History Bulletin. October 1958. Vol. XXII, No. 8. Association for the Study of...](/pictures/thumb/3732913_1.jpg?v=1671127322)
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
![3732912] The Negro History Bulletin. April 1962. Vol. XXV, No. 7. Association for the Study of...](/pictures/thumb/3732912_1.jpg?v=1671138422)
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
![3732741] [The Rumble in the Jungle] George Foreman Muhammad Ali Championship Fight. M M. Drake Jr](/pictures/thumb/3732741_1.jpg?v=1670717825)
[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
![3732737] The Fight. Hagler Hearns. Top Rank and Caesars Present World Middleweight Championship....](/pictures/thumb/3732737_1.jpg?v=1670281869)
The Fight. Hagler Hearns. Top Rank and Caesars Present World Middleweight Championship. Monday, April 15, 1985 Caesars Palace. Official Program Magazine. [cover title]
This boxing classic was known as The War, the brutal fighting lasted just over eight minutes. “Commentator Al Michaels uttered the famous line, ‘It didn’t..... Read More about The Fight. Hagler Hearns. Top Rank and Caesars Present World Middleweight Championship. Monday,...
![3732736] Hagler vs. Leonard. The Super Fight. Top Rank, Inc., Budweiser, Caesars Palace Presents...](/pictures/thumb/3732736_1.jpg?v=1670281869)
Hagler vs. Leonard. The Super Fight. Top Rank, Inc., Budweiser, Caesars Palace Presents World Middleweight Championship, Monday, April 6, 1987, Caesars Palace. Official Program Magazine. [cover title]
A scarce “official” program from a high spot in American boxing: the 1987 boxing match between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard. This world..... Read More about Hagler vs. Leonard. The Super Fight. Top Rank, Inc., Budweiser, Caesars Palace Presents World...
![3732811] The Rendition of Anthony Burns. Its Causes and Consequences. A Discourse on Christian...](/pictures/thumb/3732811_1.jpg?v=1675120003)
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,...
![3732684] Henry Ossawa Tanner. Dewey F. Mosby](/pictures/thumb/3732684_1.jpg?v=1670533605)
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
![3732626] The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers...](/pictures/thumb/3732626_1.jpg?v=1666823950)
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...
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
![3732256] Malcolm X. The Man and His Times. John Henrik Clarke](/pictures/thumb/3732256_1.jpg?v=1665007529)
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