[Fan] Jamup and Honey; Stars of W S M Grand Ole Opry. Nashville: Hatch Show Print, n.d. Cardboard fan attached to a stick with 2 staples. Slightly browned. Photo (18 x 21cm.) of 2 (white?) men in black face with printed identification below. More
1962. Paperback. photos, 92p. Wrapper. 30cm. This Mississippi delta town, the largest African American town in the United States, was a great source of race pride. More
1957. Paperback. 1957 calendar. Broadside (card stock, Approx. 14 x 26.5cm.). Tipped at the top is a color illustration/photo of an attractive and curvaceous young African American woman who is leaning forward with one hand to her mouth, as if calling to the viewer. She is wearing white shorts and..... More
Atlanta: KKK, 1927. Paperback. (KKK) 66p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Minor chipping and wear on right edge of front cover; otherwise as new. Special Catholic Number. This issue seems to be entirely focused on the Klan's anti-Catholic views. Pages 48-54 contain a lengthy essay/letter from Al Smith, the Catholic..... More
Langston, Oklahoma: Langston University, 1950. Paperback. photos, 134p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Minor cover soil. Langston University, founded in 1897, is the only HBCU in Oklahoma. More
Belmont: American Opinion, (1959). 4th printing. Paperback. (12)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Robert W. Welch's view, not surprisingly, was that Communists were behind the Brown V. Board of Education decision and the modern psychology cited in the decision. More
Philadelphia: A. H. Sickler & Co., 1893. Fifth edition [so stated]. Hardcover. illustrations, 130, [2]p. Rebound. Old, rather unattractive staining which is most visible on outer leaves. Title-page missing a piece the size of the left half of a dime along right edge (no loss of text). More
Lincoln Ridge, Ky. Lincoln Institute of Kentucky, 1920. Paperback. photos, 16p. Wrapper. 19cm. Inked note on front and on one text leaf. Published quarterly. Lincoln Institute was created by the trustees of Berea College to provide both a junior college and a high school for African Americans after the Kentucky..... More
Chicago: Literati International, 1988. Paperback. 128p. Wrapper. 22cm. Published quarterly. More
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
New Orleans: Louisiana Colored Teachers' Association, 1947. Paperback. photos, 20p. Wrapper. 31cm. Uncommon African American periodicals, such as this one, are often interesting, and provides windows into otherwise little reported aspects of African American endeavor. More
Cincinnati: 1871. Paperback. 60p. [325-384]. Disbound. No separate wrapper present. 24cm. Foxing. Includes an article titled, "Colored Masons, And Bro. L. V. Bierce, P. G. M." by "Cosmopolite" (pp. 325-329). More
New York: New York State Civil Rights Congress [and] Harlem Civil Rights Congress, n.d. [1951]. Broadside. 22cm. x 29cm. Somewhat browned. Two tiny edge chips. Protesting police brutality and inaction. Impellittieri was Mayor of New York from 1950-1954. More
1946. Paperback. 6p. Wrapper. 23cm. Browned. The members of the quartet were Nathan Gentry, Marion Crockett, Oliver Neal, and John Reagans. More
Boston: Published at 25 Cornhill [by John A. Collins], 1842. Paperback. pp. 98 - 128p. Original yellow wrapper. 19cm. Modest cover wear. Pages slightly browned. Short-lived abolitionist periodical. Collins, the editor/publisher, had served as general agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and had been involved in persuading Frederick Douglass to..... More
Nashville: Social Science Institute, Fisk University, 1943-1947. Paperback. 30-65p. per issue. Wrappers. 26cm. Condition varies a bit but generally sound and clean. Vol. 3, Nos. 1-2 is a double issue. Title of Vol. IV, No. 10 shortened to Events and Trends in Race Relations: A Monthly Summary. More
Moscow: Printed [by] Vneshtorgisdat, n.d.[1930s or later]. Single sheet folded to make and 8-page leaflet (of which 2 1/2 are blank). 22 cm. Photo of Natalie Satz on front panel. As described in the leaflet, "The Negro Boy and the Monkey" was a popular play, that had been first presented..... More
New London: New London County Historical Society, Inc., n.d. Reprint. Paperback. (24)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Late 20th century reprint of an earlier edition of this uncommon slave narrative. More
New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1868. Paperback. 4p. Browned. Two later heavy folds. Some splitting along center fold. Piece of blank margin nibbled. An important abolitionist newspaper. This issue includes on the front page a lengthy letter from Charles E. Moss strongly supporting the candidacy of Grant and Colfax. More
1841. Paperback. 4p. Horizontal fold. 47 x 59cm. Discreet evidence of being disbound (removed from a bound volume). Former owner's name in top margin. Two runaway slave advertisements in lower right corner of third page -- one for a 23 year old woman named Camilla Dent who left her infant..... More
Fort Worth, Texas: Good Publishing Co., 1952. Paperback. ills, 56p. Wrapper. 28cm. Top right corner has chew marks along edge. More
Schell City, Missouri: The Church of Jesus Christ, Zion's Retreat, (c. 1970). Paperback. 54p. Softcover in original wrapper. Black plastic comb binding. 22cm. Cover has a big ring mark on back cover. Other smaller spotting on cover and here and there in contents. White Racist Material. More
Washington: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1940-1941. Hardcover. photos, 216p. plus index (3p.). Black cloth. original wrappers (included in pagination) bound in. 28cm. Moderate cover spotting. Lettering on backstrip mostly gone. Internally sound and clean. No jacket (as published). Published nine times yearly -- no summer..... More
n.p. n.d. [1920s or earlier]. Ink and pencil notes/draft for an essay on 19 pages in ruled (19 lines per page) softcover notebook which lacks original front cover and has some staining and wear on the printed back cover. The final 21 leaves in the notebook are unused. Author unidentified..... More
Wilberforce, OH: 1939. Paperback. 16p. [wrapper included in pagination]. Softcover in original wrapper. 30cm. Vertical crease in center. Slight discoloration on back cover. Uncommon monthly periodical published 1935-1940 in Wilberforce, Ohio, and edited by *Lendell Charles Ridley. More
