“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 –
![Smoking Flax. [First Edition: Black Americans, Race, Lynchings]. Hallie Erminie Rives,...](/pictures/thumb/3729427_1.jpg?v=1596660153)
Rare first edition. Controversial novel in favor of lynching, written by Southern woman author, Hallie Erminie Rives (1874–1956). The book concerns issues of slavery and..... Read More about Smoking Flax. [First Edition: Black Americans, Race, Lynchings
History of the Boston Massacre as originally reported in the Boston Gazette, with an historical introduction by Richard W. Hale, Jr., Archivist of the Commonwealth..... Read More about The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King-Street, Boston, on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th...
A sequel to Davis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture. This second book is described as, “The most profound study of..... Read More about The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
At the 1912 Progressive or “Bull Moose” Party Convention a controversy arose over Southern black delegates. While the convention allowed black delegates from Northern States..... Read More about The Negro Question. Attitude of the Progressive Party Toward the Colored Race. Colonel...
Essay on the teaching of African American history by the former president of Wilberforce University and the founding president of Central State University, both HBCUs..... Read More about The Treatment of The Negro-American in the Study and Teaching of United States History
Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Collection of Black Americana, donated in 1984 to Temple University in Philadelphia. Blockson thereafter served as curator of his..... Read More about Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
Pioneering study of Black suffrage in the American South by Paul Lewinson (1900–1988), then visiting professor of history at Swarthmore College and later archivist of..... Read More about Race, Class, & Party. A history of Negro Suffrage and White Politics in the South....
Anthology of articles from the Black press, compiled from newspapers and periodicals in the aftermath of the Washington (D.C.) Race Riot of 1919 when White..... Read More about The Voice of the Negro 1919
The seventh edition of this important national directory of leading Black Americans, first published in 1927, this being the first updated edition since before the..... Read More about Who’s Who in Colored America. An Illustrated Biographical Directory of Notable Living Persons...
Biography of abolitionist Thomas Garrett (1789–1871) of Wilmington, Delaware, Underground Railroad Station Master and working colleague of celebrated Underground Railroad Conductor Harriet Tubman (c.1822–1913). Includes..... Read More about Station Master on the Underground Railroad. The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett. [signed by...
![Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia 1860-1900. [signed by the author]. Roger Lane](/pictures/thumb/3729408_1.jpg?v=1595965821)
“Lane reveals how social and economic discrimination created a black criminal subculture. This subculture, overlooked by those histories depending on often inaccurate census materials, eroded..... Read More about Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia 1860-1900. [signed by the author
![American Negroes. A Handbook. [inscribed and signed by the author]. Edwin R. Embree,...](/pictures/thumb/3729407_1.jpg?v=1595965821)
Chapter titles include “A New Race, the Brown Americans”; “Keeping Alive”; “Learning the New Civilization”; “Half Nazi, Half Democrat”; “Dark Melody”; and “Books By and..... Read More about American Negroes. A Handbook. [inscribed and signed by the author
Collection of 19th century primary-source documents, with modern historical introductions and notes, of Black State Conventions held in 16 states before the American Civil War..... Read More about Proceedings of the Black State Conventions, 1840-1865 [2 volumes; inscribed co-editor, labor...
Handy reference work with over 700 capsule biographies of Black Americans, spanning three centuries of American history. This copy inscribed twice to Black bibliophile and..... Read More about Dictionary of American Negro Biography. [inscribed by contributors and African American...
Volume of The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences devoted to the history and current status of African Americans and the..... Read More about Blacks and the Law. [The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Volume...
Volume of The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences devoted to the current status of African Americans in the United States..... Read More about The American Negro. [The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Volume...
![Negro Historians in the United States. [inscribed by the author]. Earl E. Thorpe](/pictures/thumb/3729402_1.jpg?v=1594151787)
Survey of African American historiography including extended observations on the books of such historians and scholars as Robert Benjamin Lewis, William Wells Brown, William Still..... Read More about Negro Historians in the United States. [inscribed by the author
![The Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania. [inscribed and signed by author]. Charles L. Blockson,...](/pictures/thumb/3729401_1.jpg?v=1594151787)
Important county-by-county history of the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania. With map and useful appendices such as “Speaking in Riddles and Singing in Codes,” “Uncle Tom’s..... Read More about The Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania. [inscribed and signed by author
Bibliography of almost 2,000 books and periodicals on the subjects of race, racial conflict, the slave trade, the plantation system, etc. Includes chapters on “White..... Read More about Race and Region. A Descriptive Bibliography Compiled with Special Reference to the Relations...
Library of Congress exhibition souvenir with checklist of books, manuscripts, photographs, and other objects gathered to illuminate the life and career of Carter G. Woodson..... Read More about Moving Back Barriers: The Legacy of Carter G. Woodson, A Library of Congress exhibition…1992....
Revisionist biography of radical abolitionist and anti-slavery martyr, John Brown (1800–1859) who was executed after his failed attempt to capture the federal arsenal at Harpers..... Read More about John Brown, 1800-1859. A Biography Fifty Years After
Important systematic investigation of American slavery with particular regard to agriculture and the plantation system. Includes chapters on “The Early Exploitation of Guinea,” “The Maritime..... Read More about American Negro Slavery. A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as...
Printed in double columns, an important documentary history of Reconstruction, 1865–1870, prepared by Edward McPherson (1830–1895), two-term Civil War Congressman from Pennsylvania, some time Clerk..... Read More about The Political History of the United States of America during the Period of...
Program for the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, formerly the Association for the Study of Negro Life..... Read More about 69th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History Inc.,...
The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc. was founded in 1915 by black historian and prolific author Carter G. Woodson, “The..... Read More about Annual Report of the Director of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc....
