The Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater
Oklahoma City: Black Liberated Arts Center, Inc., n.d. [later 1970s]. Paperback. (8)p. Original wrapper (unevenly faded). 28cm. More
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The American Missionary, Vol. XII, No. 3 (March, 1866).
New York: American Missionary Association, 1868. Paperback. 72p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. A few spots on cover. Inked name (looks like "Prof. B. N. Weston") on thin piece of paper tipped to back cover. Foxing here and there. Focused on Missions and Schools among the Freedmen and Abroad. More
Amy Stanley and her Troupe of Four Genuine Southern Pickaninnies Real Plantation Darkies! .. Family Theatre Mon. Tue. Wed. April 18, 19, 20 ...
n.d. n.d. Promotional broadside. 28 x 17 cm. Moderately browned. Nothing we saw online leads us to believe that Ms. Stamley's troupe included any African American performers. Year and location not given. More
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Aperture, [Volume] 10, [No.] 2, (1962)
New York: 1962. Paperback. photos, 62p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Modest rippling (probably from damping) along bottom edge. Some curling at corners. Quarterly journal specializing in photography. This issue Includes an intriguing article ("Focus on Store Front Churches: Buffalo, N. Y." at pages 62-84) which features photographs by..... More
Free Military School for Applicants for Command of Colored Troops, No. 1210 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Established by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, John H. Taggart, Late Colonel 12th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, Chief Preceptor
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. 43p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). No separate wrapper present. More
An Inquiry into the Condition and Prospects of the African Race in the United States and the Means of Bettering Its Fortunes. By an American
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839. 1st ed. Hardcover. 214p. Original cloth. 19cm. Modest corner crease. Significant foxing, especially on some pages including the title-leaf. The anonymous author of this book favored colonization in Africa. More
Los Angeles Sentinel, Vol. XXXV, No. 52 (December 26, 1968)
Los Angeles: 1968. Paperback. Full size 32-page weekly newspaper published in four sections. 58cm. Folded. Some chipping and wear but complete and intact. African American newspaper. Articles in the Sports Pages look forward to O.J. in the Rose Bowl and report that the UCLA Bruins led by Lew Alcindor have..... More
Malcolm Lives! 72nd Anniversary in Honor of the Shut'em X Down. Monday May 19, 1997 We Demand: All Businesses in the Black Community Must Close from 1:00 - 4:00 PM. March & Rally - 12:00 PM Assemble: Harlem State Office Bldg. 125th & 7th Ave. In Defense of the Black Community & Against Police Brutality ...
[New York?]: December 12th Movement, 1997. Broadside. 28 x 22 cm. More
Negro Digest, Vol. III, No. 1 (November, 1944)
Chicago: John H. Johnson, 1944. Paperback. 98p. Softcover in original wrapper. 20cm. Minor cover soil. Edges rubbed. An original item in this issue is "My Most Humiliating Jim Crow Experience" by Ralph Matthews, Managing Editor of the Washington Afro-American (pages 61-62). More
The Redpath Bureau Presents The Dixie Chorus in The Epic of the Negro; A Lecture Recital produced by Ralph Dunbar
Paperback. Broadside. 13 x 24cm. The Lecturer and manager was Henry F. Coleman. More
Shiloh Baptist Church, Inc. after 100 Years, 1849-1949
(Cleveland): The Centennial Committee, (1949). Paperback. photos, 37p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31cm. Cover scuffed and rather worn. Minor wrinkling. More
Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition. Also Patriotic Songs, Songs of Colleges and College Fraternities and Sororities
Chicago: Progressive Book Co., (c. 1928). Paperback. illustrations, 64p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Minor spotting on covers. Lightl water stain in bottom margin of first few pages. More
The Southern Patriot. Three issues: Vol. 21, No. 8 (October, 1963) and Vol. 22, Nos. 1-2 (January & February, 1964)
Louisville: Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc., 1963-1964. Three separate 4-page issues of this monthly newsletter/newspaper. 42cm. Later folds, probably for mailing or storage. SCEF focused on fighting racial segregation in the South. The Southern Patriot, published monthly 10 times a year excluding August and July, was edited during this period..... More
The Southern Planter, Vol. 74, No. 8. (August, 1913)
Richmond: The Southern Planter Publishing Co., 1913. Paperback. photos, illustrations, pp. 822-908. Softcover in original wrapper. 27 cm. Pages double-columned. Cover has some foxing and wear. Pages modestly browned. Lead editiorial ("Country Negro Segregation") in first column on page 848 rejects the notion that the two races should be completely..... More
The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine for 1791. Vol. II. [Contains the Six Monthly Issues for July-December 1791].
Philadelphia: Printed for the Proprietors, by William Young, 1791. Hardcover. [2], 439, [9]p. Contemporary leather. 21 cm. Splitting along joints. Old (contemporary?) bookplate ("Duncan. Auburn") on front cover. Front free endpaper about half gone; a leaf preceding rear free endpaper is completely gone and may have contained the tail end..... More
VOTE! Democratic Primary, Tuesday, September 12 If we're not in it, he can't win it. Now is our time. David Dinkins for Mayor.
(New York): Paid for and authorized by Committee for David Dinkins. n.d. [1989]. 22 x 28 cm. Broadsheet. Title in red with first page of "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" printed lightly in gray as background on front side. Vertical crease and a few short edge tears. Address label at..... More
Program for Congress held in Saint Paul's African Methodist Episcopal l Church... Des Moines, Iowa, July Sixth, Seventh and Eighth, 1937
1937. Paperback. Eight-page pamphlet. No separate wrapper. 22cm. Some wrinkling. More
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One Fourth of Washington. [cover title]
[Washington?]: n.d [1886?]. Hardcover. [8] unbound plates in modest gray portfolio boards. The whole is tied together with two red ribbons threaded through cover slits. 25cm. Some chipping and soiling on portfolio covers. Plates in nice condition with just a touch of foxing. Illustrations of African Americans. Captions in African..... More
Necessity of Bronchoscopy In the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Lungs
n.p. [1933]. Paperback. 8-page pamphlet. No separate wrapper. 21 x 10cm. Moderate wear. "Read at National Medical Assn. Convention, Aug. 16, 1933." Dr. Barnes was a prominent Philadelphia-based African American otolaryngologist. More
Integration of Negro History into High School U. S. History Curricula
Chicago: 1970. Hardcover. iii, [1], 188p. Hardcover in contemporary cloth. 28cm. No jacket (probably never had one). A doctoral dissertation in the Dept. of Education at the University of Chicago. Beggs, a graduate of Haverford College, appears to be white. Hand-addressed slip laid in suggesting that Beggs gave this copy..... More
Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867. Series II. The Black Military Experience
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (c. 1982). 1st ed. Hardcover. This Volume Only. frontis, index, xxxv, 852p. Original blue cloth. dj. 23cm. More
Adams Hats: Just a Slugfest of Style and Smartness Harry Bobo
25cm. x 31cm. Appealing black and white photo. Pinholes at corners. Modest spotting and wear. Adam Hats, a manufacturer and retailer of low-priced hats, had dozens of stores around the United States. Adam Hats was also a sponsor of boxing matches held at Madison Square Garden and obviously used boxers..... More
A Memorial of Charles Sumner
Boston: Printed by Order of the Legislature, 1874. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (mounted photo), 316p. Original green cloth. 24cm. Cover lightly scuffed and spotted. Endpaper oddly folded at front hinge. Moderate foxing on title page and endpapers. Lurking within this otherwise not particularly compelling volume is "Oration by Robert B...... More
The High Places; a Novel
New York: Exposition Press, 1957. 1st ed. Hardcover. 114p. dj. 21cm. Jacket has some spotting and soil, mainly on the rear panel. Written by an African American author who was born in Louisiana and moved to New York when a young man. A novel about an unscrupulous man from New..... More
A Short History of the English Drama
New York: Harcourt, Brace, (c. 1921). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, ix, 260p. Original dark blue cloth. 19 cm. Edge bumped (cloth torn). Small nick in top edge. Name stamp on endpaper. No Jacket. More