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Writings: The Suppression of the Slave-Trade. The Souls of Black Folk. Dusk of Dawn. Essays and...

Writings: The Suppression of the Slave-Trade. The Souls of Black Folk. Dusk of Dawn. Essays and Articles.

With an Introduction by Nathan Huggins, a collection of standard classics authored by W.E.B. Du Bois. [New York]: The Library of America, (1986). 1334pp. Publisher’s..... Read More about Writings: The Suppression of the Slave-Trade. The Souls of Black Folk. Dusk of Dawn. Essays and...

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The Negro in Our History. [3rd Edition]. Carter Godwin Woodson

The Negro in Our History. [3rd Edition]

Revised and Enlarged Third Edition of The Negro in our History by Carter Godwin Woodson, the “father of black history,” with new Preface by the..... Read More about The Negro in Our History. [3rd Edition

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Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations. G....

Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations.

A study of Philadelphia’s African American population, police, and the law, occasioned by a 1944 racial conflict involving a strike of workers of the Philadelphia..... Read More about Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations

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“History Made to Order”: Public Letter by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black...

[“History Made to Order”: Public Letter by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History,” Correcting a White Historian of Slavery and Abolition].

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...

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Neglected History, Essays in Negro-American History by a College President. Charles H. Wesley

Neglected History, Essays in Negro-American History by a College President.

Collection of ten essays on African American history, mostly delivered before learned societies, by the former president of Wilberforce University and the founding president of..... Read More about Neglected History, Essays in Negro-American History by a College President

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Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch. John Roy Lynch

Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch.

Published for the first time, the autobiography of this remarkable man born into slavery on a Louisiana plantation. Lynch rose to become Speaker of the..... Read More about Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch

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1938 Typed Letter Signed by Laurence C. Jones, Founder of The Piney Woods Country Life School for...

[1938 Typed Letter Signed by Laurence C. Jones, Founder of The Piney Woods Country Life School for African Americans].

Typed Letter Signed on printed letterhead by Laurence C. Jones, Founder and Principal of The Piney Woods Country Life School for Training Colored Boys and..... Read More about 1938 Typed Letter Signed by Laurence C. Jones, Founder of The Piney Woods Country Life School for...

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1954 Typed Note Signed by Horace Mann Bond, President of Lincoln University (HBCU), discussing...

[1954 Typed Note Signed by Horace Mann Bond, President of Lincoln University (HBCU), discussing the Civil War Battle Flag of the Black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment].

Interesting Typed Note Signed by Horace M. Bond (1904–1972), Black academic and college administrator, then serving as president of Lincoln University, the first African-American to..... Read More about 1954 Typed Note Signed by Horace Mann Bond, President of Lincoln University (HBCU), discussing...

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James Weldon Johnson: Black Leader, Black Voice. Eugene Levy

James Weldon Johnson: Black Leader, Black Voice.

First edition of this biography of this remarkable black American; lawyer, author, librettist, journalist, civil rights leader, educator. Born in Florida, Johnson’s multi-faceted life was..... Read More about James Weldon Johnson: Black Leader, Black Voice

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Pioneer of the Color Line. Helen M. Chesnutt

Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Pioneer of the Color Line.

Definitive biography of this important intellectual, often described as America’s first great black novelist. Chesnutt is perhaps best known for his important fin de siècle..... Read More about Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Pioneer of the Color Line

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Slavery in Mississippi. Charles Sackett Sydnor

Slavery in Mississippi.

“This interesting analytical study of slavery in Mississippi gives a more complete picture of the actual conditions under which slaves lived than does any other..... Read More about Slavery in Mississippi

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1938–1965 Incoming Letters and Papers of American Civil War Historian Bell I. Wiley]. Bell I....

[1938–1965 Incoming Letters and Papers of American Civil War Historian Bell I. Wiley].

American Civil War historian and author Bell I. Wiley (1906–1980) taught for 40 years at various Southern colleges and universities including the University of Mississippi..... Read More about 1938–1965 Incoming Letters and Papers of American Civil War Historian Bell I. Wiley

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From Slavery to Public Service, Robert Smalls 1839-1915. Okon Edet Uya

From Slavery to Public Service, Robert Smalls 1839-1915.

Biography of Robert Smalls of South Carolina who liberated himself from slavery during the Civil War and went onto become an important South Carolina politician..... Read More about From Slavery to Public Service, Robert Smalls 1839-1915

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Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection. Charles L. Blockson, b.1933

Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection.

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

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The Story of the Negro Retold. [Second Edition]. Carter Godwin Woodson

The Story of the Negro Retold. [Second Edition]

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

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The Slave in Upper Canada. W R. Riddell, 1852–1945, Justice William Renwick Riddell

The Slave in Upper Canada.

Historical and legal examination of slavery in Upper Canada (Ontario region) from the 18th century to c.1840. The Slave in Upper Canada was written by..... Read More about The Slave in Upper Canada

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1968 Faux Dollar Bill promoting Black Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory “For President of the...

[1968 Faux Dollar Bill promoting Black Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory “For President of the United States of America”].

Scarce piece of 1968 U.S. presidential campaign literature for Black comedian and civil right activist Dick Gregory (1932–2017), write-in candidate of a Peace and Freedom..... Read More about 1968 Faux Dollar Bill promoting Black Civil Rights Activist Dick Gregory “For President of the...

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Lyrics of the Hearthside. Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872–1906

Lyrics of the Hearthside.

Collected volume of poetry by writer Paul Laurence Dunbar published the year after his marriage to Alice Ruth Moore, to whom the book is dedicated..... Read More about Lyrics of the Hearthside

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The Controversy over the Distribution of Abolition Literature 1830-1860. W. Sherman Savage

The Controversy over the Distribution of Abolition Literature 1830-1860.

Study of the publication and distribution through the mails of abolitionist and anti-slavery literature and newspapers. Examines the publications of such abolitionist journalists as Elihu..... Read More about The Controversy over the Distribution of Abolition Literature 1830-1860

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Documentary History of Reconstruction. Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational and...

Documentary History of Reconstruction. Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational and Industrial, 1865 to 1906. [Two Volumes]

Comprehensive history of the post-American Civil War Reconstruction era, from contemporary sources, by long-time Vanderbilt professor of history, Walter Lynwood Fleming (1874–1932). Fleming’s controversial approach..... Read More about Documentary History of Reconstruction. Political, Military, Social, Religious, Educational and...

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The Slave in Canada. William Renwick Riddell, 1852–1945

The Slave in Canada.

Monograph on slavery in Canada from a legal perspective by Canadian lawyer, judge, and historian, William Renwick Riddell (1852–1945). Includes chapters on “Before the Conquest,”..... Read More about The Slave in Canada

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Jazz Encounters by Andrew Turner. [Signed limited edition print by this Black artist.]. Andrew...

Jazz Encounters by Andrew Turner. [Signed limited edition print by this Black artist.]

Color print entitled Jazz Encounters of an ensemble of jazz musicians by Black Philadelphia artist, Andrew Turner. The print was published by Sande Webster Graphics..... Read More about Jazz Encounters by Andrew Turner. [Signed limited edition print by this Black artist

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The Path of Life by Black American Artist Jerome W. Jones, Jr. [inscribed and signed limited...

The Path of Life by Black American Artist Jerome W. Jones, Jr. [inscribed and signed limited edition print]

The Path of Life, made after an original painting by Black Richmond, Virginia artist, Jerome W. Jones, Jr. and depicting a tranquil landscape along a...... Read More about The Path of Life by Black American Artist Jerome W. Jones, Jr. [inscribed and signed limited...

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Heed the Call by Black American Artist Jerome W. Jones, Jr. [inscribed and signed limited edition...

Heed the Call by Black American Artist Jerome W. Jones, Jr. [inscribed and signed limited edition print]

Heed the Call shows a view of the Mall in Washington, D.C. during the “Million Man March,” a large gathering of African American men organized..... Read More about Heed the Call by Black American Artist Jerome W. Jones, Jr. [inscribed and signed limited edition...

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The Cotillion or One Good Bull is Half the Herd. John Oliver Killens, 1916–1987

The Cotillion or One Good Bull is Half the Herd.

Novel of an upwardly mobile black woman who wants her daughter to move up into New York’s café society. Inscribed by the author: “For the..... Read More about The Cotillion or One Good Bull is Half the Herd

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