First and sole edition. Jacob Tileston Brown (1863–1947) was among the first Black American ministers to write Sunday school literature. (Houston Bryan Roberson) Pages 1–13..... Read More about Theological Kernels: A Question-Book of Bible Doctrines and Baptist Church Polity, with Scripture...
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
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
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
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?
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...
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
First edition, first printing. McKnight won the O. Henry Award and the Kenyon Review New Fiction Prize for “The Kind of Light That Shines on..... Read More about The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas. Stories by Reginald McKnight
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 October Journey. (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
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
First Edition. The first novel by this Trinidad native. Inscribed: “For Oliver St. C Franklin. Your appreciation of my work gives me the courage and..... Read More about When Rocks Dance. (Signed
First edition. A collection of poetry by this Atlanta native who studied at Lincoln University and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971. Neal authored..... Read More about Hoodoo Hollerin’ Bebop Ghosts
The theatre performance of Betsey Brown was adapted from Ntozake Shange’s same-named novel. The story is set in 1959 in a Black St. Louis community..... Read More about Betsey Brown by Ntozake Shange, Signed World Premiere Theatre Program
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
A collection of 15 poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize in any category. Brooks used the sizable influence..... Read More about The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems
Inscribed by the author in 1994. Winnie is a lengthy poem celebrating the life of Winnie Mandela and published here, in this edition, by Third..... Read More about Winnie. (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
Significantly expanded from the first edition, the most important book written by the esteemed historian John Hope Franklin. “[In 1947,] Alfred A. Knopf published his..... Read More about From Slavery to Freedom, A History of American Negroes. (Signed
Illustrated edition of Up from Slavery, Black educator and race leader Booker T. Washington’s critically acclaimed autobiography, first published in 1901 and translated into 18..... Read More about Up from Slavery. With an Introduction by Booker T. Washington III and Illustrations by Denver...
Definitive biography of this important intellectual, often described as America’s first great Black novelist. Chesnutt is known for his important fin de siècle work of..... Read More about Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Pioneer of the Color Line
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First Swedish edition of the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. This final edition of the statesman’s life concludes with chapters primarily concerned with his..... Read More about Frederick Douglass Lif och Samtid. [Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Signed by the author, Brad Bathgate, and with a small illustration by him beneath his autograph. With blurbs from The New York Times, New York..... Read More about Corner Stores in the Middle Of the Block: That Urban Look. (Signed
Separately issued public letter, “History Made to Order,” by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History” and prolific author, making a sustained critique of..... Read More about “History Made to Order”: Public Letter by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black...
The author’s first book. Comic and satirical musings on various themes—America, Brotherhood Week, Freedom Rides, etc.—from comedian and civil rights activist, Dick Gregory (1932–2017). Gregory’s..... Read More about From the Back of the Bus
