Biographical sketches of African Methodist Episcopalian church elders, churches, congregations and “then, too, knowledge is given here of individuals, local preachers, class-leaders, stewards, trustees, choir..... Read More about Cyclopaedia of African Methodism
Angelina W. Grimké (1880–1958), African-American female poet, reclusive celibate lesbian, born into the noted biracial Grimké family, with its strong social and community connections to..... Read More about Rachel. A Play in Three Acts
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With two copies only in OCLC, a very scarce early reprint edition of this biography from the “American Crisis Biographies” —written by one great African..... Read More about Frederick Douglass. [American Crisis Biographies
Booker T. Washington’s essay discussing America’s version of slavery. The pamphlet includes a biographical sketch of the author as well. Dansville, New York: F. A...... Read More about The Story of Slavery. Instructor Literature Series — No. 286
Well-illustrated survey of African American business success and enterprise in the first decade of the 20th century by black educator, author, and orator, Booker T.... Read More about The Negro in Business
The critically-acclaimed, second autobiography of Booker T. Washington, African American educator, author, orator, and first principal of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, today Tuskegee University (HBCU)... Read More about Up from Slavery. An Autobiography
Account of a European tour undertaken by educator, author, and orator, Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute, from August to October 1910. Inscribed by... Read More about The Man Farthest Down. A Record of Observation and Study in Europe. [inscribed and signed by the...
An early 20th century survey of the state of African Americans in the United States written by seven leading African American intellectuals in the fields... Read More about The Negro Problem. A Series of Articles by Representative American Negroes of To-Day
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Apparently unrecorded salesman’s sample, dummy, or canvassing book heavily illustrated and demonstrating bookbinding options for the first of three autobiographies by African American educator, orator..... Read More about Story of My Life and Work [Salesman’s Sample Book
African American history for school students authored by Carter G. Woodson, black historian and prolific author and “The Father of Black History” and Charles H...... Read More about The Story of the Negro Retold. [Fourth Edition
African American history textbook for children by Carter G. Woodson, the “father of black history,” adapted by him from his 1922 classic, The Negro in..... Read More about Negro Makers of History
Anthology of ante-bellum American letters concerning free and enslaved African Americans and anti-slavery activities, edited by Carter G. Woodson, the “father of black history.” Includes..... Read More about The Mind of the Negro as Reflected in Letters Written During the Crisis 1800-1860
African American history for school students authored by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History”, black historian, and prolific author. The Story of the..... Read More about The Story of the Negro Retold. [Second Edition
Collected essays, addresses, sermons, and letters by and to anti-slavery and civil rights activist Francis J. Grimké (1850–1937), an African American member of the noted..... Read More about The Works of Francis J. Grimke [4 volume set complete
Sweeping novel of the post-Civil War history of African Americans told through the eyes of a fictional woman character, Beulah Jackson. Author, Dr. Charles H.... Read More about Historical Romance of the American Negro
Blockson: “The best known early study of the development and contribution of blacks in the field of labor. Wesley, (b. 1891), a former president of... Read More about Negro Labor in the United States, 1850-1925. A Study in American Economic History
Blockson: “The best known early study of the development and contribution of blacks in the field of labor. Wesley, (b. 1891), a former president of... Read More about Negro Labor in the United States, 1850-1925. A Study in American Economic History
Biography of Richard Allen (1760–1831), former enslaved African American, preacher, hymn book publisher, and founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church (A.M.E.)..... Read More about Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom
Comprehensive history of elementary through college education for African Americans in Mississippi. The history was written by Prof. Charles H. Wilson, Sr., formerly of Mississippi’s..... Read More about Education for Negroes in Mississippi Since 1910
Chester Himes began writing in prison after being convicted of armed robbery at age nineteen. While many of his novels are now considered classics in... Read More about Lonely Crusade
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Archive of 113 letters sent to U.S. Marine Corps serviceman Cleveland Murphy (1930–aft.1970) from family and friends in Indianapolis, Indiana and elsewhere. Private First Class..... Read More about 1958–1966, Archive of Incoming Correspondence to an African-American Marine
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Autographed early printing of this African-American author’s first book of poetry. Color was published shortly after Countee Cullen was accepted into Harvard’s masters program. Cullen..... Read More about Color [Signed by the Author
Massive critical study of progress in African American society, literature, education, and politics written by African Americans themselves. The book—almost certainly published as a subscription..... Read More about Twentieth Century Negro Literature, or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to...
Extraordinary volume of posthumously published poetry by an African-American educator. Illustrated poems on themes of racial discrimination, segregation, and violence are prominently featured. Half the... Read More about Black Labor Chant and Other Poems
Well-illustrated history of African Americans in the First World War—96 pages of half tone illustrations and portraits—written by an African American. Includes Prefaces by General..... Read More about Scott’s Official History of The American Negro in the World War
