“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 –
![3732811] The Rendition of Anthony Burns. Its Causes and Consequences. A Discourse on Christian...](/images/noimage-req.png)
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,...
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
![3731886] Frederick Douglass Document Signed, May 17th, 1882, as the first African-American...](/pictures/thumb/3731886_1.jpg?v=1669053426)
Autographed by Frederick Douglass on the docketing panel as “Fredk. Douglass.” Douglass served as Recorder of Deeds (1881–1886) in the District of Columbia. Formerly enslaved..... Read More about Frederick Douglass Document Signed, May 17th, 1882, as the first African-American Recorder of...
![3732626] The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers...](/pictures/thumb/3732626_1.jpg?v=1666823950)
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...
![3732392] 1903 African Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Ticket. R H. Shirley](/pictures/thumb/3732392_1.jpg?v=1666823947)
Scarce Quarterly Ticket of admittance to the religious meetings of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. This ticket prints a verse from the Bible and in..... Read More about 1903 African Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Ticket
From the 1946 publisher’s catalog: “This is a book for those who want to know what really happens when, in circumstances of enormous complexity and..... Read More about Black Workers and the New Unions
“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
First edition, this. Collected writings of this jazz composer and poet. Wartaweil: Waitawhile, (2005). 530pp. 8vo. Illustrated. Hardcover in publisher’s cloth. Near fine in a...... Read More about Sun Ra. The Immeasurable Equation
Exceedingly rare to find inscribed by the author: “Respectfully, Charles H. Wesley, 1972”. Biography of Richard Allen (1760–1831), once-enslaved, the African American, preacher, hymn book..... Read More about Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom. (Signed by Charles H. Wesley
![3732275] Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom. Charles H. Wesley, 1891–1987, Charles Harris...](/pictures/thumb/3732275_1.jpeg?v=1662840618)
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
![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...
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
![3731942] The Black Soldier and Officer In The United States Army, 1891-1917. Marvin E. Fletcher](/pictures/thumb/3731942_1.jpg?v=1654112319)
First edition. “In this careful study, Fletcher examines years in which the military blacks found themselves affected by the growing institution of prejudice and separation..... Read More about The Black Soldier and Officer In The United States Army, 1891-1917
![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
