“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 –
![3732256] Malcolm X. The Man and His Times. John Henrik Clarke](/pictures/thumb/3732256_1.jpg?v=1665007529)
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
![3732011] The Seventh Son: The Thought and Writings of W.E.B. Du Bois. W E. B. Du Bois, Julius...](/pictures/thumb/3732011_1.jpg?v=1659049513)
Publishers—“This two-volume set is an authoritative selection of the writings of the dean of black letters in America, W.E.B. Du Bois ... brilliantly recording and..... Read More about The Seventh Son: The Thought and Writings of W.E.B. Du Bois
![3732010] American Daughter. Era Bell Thompson](/pictures/thumb/3732010_1.jpg?v=1659034749)
First Edition. Autobiography from this Iowa native African-American writing of her early life in North Dakota, her college degree achievement, and then her removal to..... Read More about American Daughter
![3732004] [Rosa Parks et al.] West Chester Area School District & Community Presents Past, Present...](/pictures/thumb/3732004_1.jpg?v=1657224004)
Black History Month school program celebrating civil rights and with the event’s guests of honor being activists, Rosa L. Parks, Fred D. Gray, and Martin..... Read More about Rosa Parks et al.] West Chester Area School District & Community Presents Past, Present and...
![3731999] Blacks on John Brown. [Inscribed and signed by Benjamin Quarles]. Benjamin Quarles](/pictures/thumb/3731999_1.jpg?v=1655066045)
Inscribed and signed by Benjamin Quarles, editor and a noted authority on African American history. With a 7-page introduction and single-page commentary by Quarles at..... Read More about Blacks on John Brown. [Inscribed and signed by Benjamin Quarles
![3730196] The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman...](/pictures/thumb/3730196_1.jpg?v=1658610330)
First edition? (A 21-page ed. was issued the same year in Boston by Wright & Potter). Less than six months after the Civil War had..... Read More about The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman and...
![3731958] A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy. Frederick Law...](/images/noimage-req.png)
Widely-known as a prominent landscape architect, and the designer of New York’s Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted also wrote three books on his impressions of..... Read More about A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy
![3731956] Robert Russa Moton of Hampton and Tuskegee. William Hardin Hughes, Frederick D. Patterson](/pictures/thumb/3731956_1.jpg?v=1654112320)
Biography of Robert Russa Moton (1867–1940) who worked at Hampton Institute and then became the long-time Tuskegee Institute principal and successor to Booker T. Washington..... Read More about Robert Russa Moton of Hampton and Tuskegee
![3731631] Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch. (Signed by John...](/pictures/thumb/3731631_1.jpg?v=1654112318)
First edition. Inscribed by John Hope Franklin, the series editor and dean of African American historians. Published for the first time, the autobiography of John..... Read More about Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch. (Signed by John Hope Franklin
![3727343] W.E.B. Du Bois: A Bibliography of His Published Writings. Paul G. Partington](/pictures/thumb/3727343_1.jpg?v=1654112318)
For its time, the most complete bibliography of the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois. Whittier, CA: (Self Published),1977. 202pp. Quarto. Paper wrappers rubbed, else very..... Read More about W.E.B. Du Bois: A Bibliography of His Published Writings
![3731855] Leaders for Tomorrow ... Christian Democracy’s Challenge. Freedman's Aid Society](/pictures/thumb/3731855_1.jpg?v=1653521055)
Unrecorded. Lincoln Day religious program extolling a “New Day” for American democracy and the necessary role of Black leadership. Addresses for use during the church..... Read More about Leaders for Tomorrow ... Christian Democracy’s Challenge
![3731420] Piney Woods and Its Story. (Signed and with ephemera). Laurence C. Jones](/pictures/thumb/3731420_1.jpg?v=1653521045)
Inscribed: “To Mr. W.H. Middlebrook. In the spirit in which he met us. Laurence C. Jones, Founder + Principal of the Piney Woods School, Piney..... Read More about Piney Woods and Its Story. (Signed and with ephemera
![3731865] The Centralian. 1968. Central State University. Charlotte Eiland](/pictures/thumb/3731865_1.jpg?v=1654031120)
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. 1968. Central State University
![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
![3731851] Yankee Stepfather. General O.O. Howard and the Freedmen. William S. McFeely](/pictures/thumb/3731851_1.jpg?v=1650677706)
First edition. “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..... Read More about Yankee Stepfather. General O.O. Howard and the Freedmen
![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
![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
![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=1673377628)
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
![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
