35 Items – Illustrated
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Rare to commerce and thinly-held by libraries, a record of the First World War experiences of 2nd Lieut. John Brother Cade (1894–1970) who served in... More
Association copy of Pan-Africanist Edward W. Blyden’s Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race, an anthology of articles and speeches on colonization and outlining the appeal..... More
Autobiographical memoir by this icon of the American Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s, made famous by her refusal to give up her seat to... More
C.1950s Musical concert program broadsheet for the all-girl “The Cotton Blossom Singers” of Piney Woods School, an historically black boarding school in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The..... More
Sensationally-titled, five-page lead article lead article in a popular inside-horse-racing magazine. Progressive, the author notes that there are black “hotwalkers, grooms and exercise boys” but..... More
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..... More
Ephemera group from the Sun-Ray Hair Preparation Co. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, manufacturers and mail-order dealers of hair straightening products, here advertising to African Americans... More
Illustrated book of children’s anti-slavery stories including a short introduction concerning American slave children: “Children, you are free and happy. ... But are all the..... More
First history of African Americans in the Civil War written by abolitionist and novelist William Wells Brown, the author of the first novel written by... More
Post-war study of African American soldiers in the First World War by Charles Holston Williams (1886–1978), noted African American author, black athletics organizer, and director... More
Comprehensive history of African American soldiers of the First World War, drawn from official War Department records and contemporary sources by African American poet and... More
Scarce Second World War periodical (all published?) dedicated to the military, air, and naval service of African Americans and “...the manner in which they acquitted..... More
Collection of 25 musical scores for American “Negro Spirituals” transcribed and arranged by American pianist, composer, arranger, and sheet music editor, Hugo Frey (1873–1952). The..... More
Two volume study of the African diaspora—with observations on the “Color Question” and the “Race Question,” by African American author, lecturer, and scholar William Henry..... More
Represented by a Baltimore agent, an early promotional color photo for this Washington. D.C. band founded in 1965. Known as “The Emperors of Go-Go” the..... More
Inscribed and signed by the author, New Orleans-native George Washington Cable (1844–1925), a novel of the American Civil War set in the Confederacy. In full... More
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..... More
Toward the end of his literary career, New Orleans-native and Southern author George W. Cable turned from popular novels—e.g. Old Creole Days, Madame Delphine, and..... More
First hand account of two African American women serving in France during the First World War. The book documents their war-time service with the Y.W.C.A...... More
Scarce first edition. One of 1500 copies printed. Noted work by this New Orleans native, discussing the “Negro Problem” and especially critical of the Southern..... More
Prepared for publication in 1857, New York publisher (here editor) George W. Carleton entered this book in the federal District Court in 1864 claiming “The... More
Economic, legal, and political defense of slavery in America by Virginia attorney George Fitzhugh (1806–1881). “The greatest pro-slavery attack on the North’s economy and society.”—Howes..... More
Inspirational poster featuring a photographic portrait of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. against a rainbow-like background. The poster was designed by Carol..... More
Single issue of the underground New York City newspaper, The East Village Other, featuring the headline article “Black Power in the Ghetto: two flags, a...... More
Self-published memoir of African American Isaac Robbins of Alabama, a WWII veteran, small business owner, brick mason, and civil rights worker for the NAACP. Robbins’..... More
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... More
Proceedings of a conference on the “Race Problem”—including rape, lynching, and segregation—held in 1903 in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the National Sociological Society..... More
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... More
King’s third book, Why We Can’t Wait, includes the first book appearance of his celebrated “Letter from Birmingham Jail” written after he was arrested in..... More
African American writer and social critic’s first-hand reporting on the Black Muslim movement in America. In 1959, Lomax introduced white Americans to the Black Muslim..... More
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..... More
1950s, segregation-era erotic novel set in Alabama written by an African American Marine on the theme of an interracial relationship between a Southern white woman... More
1883 edition. “One of the few moderate (although paternalistic and segregationist) pleas for justice to blacks in the New South, by a Methodist bishop and... More
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![Rosa Parks: My Story. [Signed by Rosa Parks]. Rosa Parks, with Jim Haskins.](/pictures/thumb/3727568_1.jpg?v=1552928941)
![[Cotton Blossom Singers of the Piney Woods School in Mississippi]. Laurence C. Jones,...](/pictures/thumb/3727789_1.jpg?v=1542124820)
![Are Negros Banned from Racing? [within:] Turf Confidential. Mark Millerick.](/pictures/thumb/3728428_1.jpg?v=1551119225)
![Sun-Ray Hair Preparation…One of the Best Known for Colored People [advertising ephemera group]....](/pictures/thumb/3728424_1.jpg?v=1551119224)
![The Negro in World War II, Vol. I, A Record of Achievement [cover title]. The Sentry Publishing Co.](/pictures/thumb/3728455_1.jpg?v=1551305247)
![Young Senators [Promo Photo for Washington D.C. Funk and R&B Band]. Young Senators.](/pictures/thumb/3728429_1.jpg?v=1551121813)
![The Cavalier. [Inscribed Copy]. George W. Cable, Howard Chandler Christy, 1844–1925,...](/pictures/thumb/3728474_1.jpg?v=1552931638)
![The Negro Question. [with interesting African American provenance]. George W. Cable, J E. Bruce,...](/pictures/thumb/3728478_1.jpg?v=1552931640)
![From every mountainside, let freedom ring! Martin Luther King, Jr. [poster]. designer Carol...](/pictures/thumb/3728389_1.jpg?v=1548868045)
