[New York]: [Afro American Philosophy Association]. 1983. Paperback. 4 vols. bound in 1 (as published). 168p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Light corner crease on front cover. Edited by Percy Johnston, a creative writer and a philosophy professor at Montclair State University, who founded the Afro American Philosophy Association..... More
Dallas, Texas: Published by the Journalism Students of Booker T. Washington High School, 1942. High School newspaper. photos, 4p. 51 x 33 cm. Horizontal fold, presumably as published. Pages moderately browned, darker along edges and fold. 2 small tears and minor crease in margins near center fold. Issue folder horizontally..... More
Stanford: 1969. 4p. newspaper format. 37 x 29 cm. Slightly crooked horizontal fold. At head of title: Freedom or Revolution. This small format newspaper identifies itself as "Organ of Black Students of Stanford University." Ray Davis is listed as editor. We don't know how long or how many issues of..... More
Montgomery, Alabama: 1914. Four-page weekly newspaper. 41 x 28 cm. Later horizontal fold. Small split at one end of fold. Blank lower left corner torn off. Foxing in right margin of first page. Name in pencil at top of first page ("Prof. Sibley Supt of Col. Rural Schools"). Published 1907-1916..... More
New York. Paperback. [49]-96p. Softcover. 24 cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume).Lacks wrapper. Contents include: "What Europe Thought of the Pan-African Congress" by *Jessie Fauset (pages 60-67); and an early prose contribution ("The Virgin of Guadalupe") by *Langston Hughes (occupying most of page 77). More
n.p. n.d. Paperback. [3]-28p. Softcover in original wrapper. 13 cm. Front wrapper and several pages detached. General soiling and wear. No separate title-page present. no publication information. OCLC locates one copy at Howard University of an item of unstated size and length which is titled "Did Jesus Christ Have Negro..... More
[Boston]: 1940. paperback. Eight pages. Quality newsprint (doesn't appear to be the usual high-acid newsprint, which probably explains its survival). Later folds. African American Newspaper founded by William Monroe Trotter, one of the legendary African American pioneers in the field of journalism. Two lead stories: (1) tragic fire in Natchez..... More
Springfield: 1944. 4-page newspaper. 38 x 56 cm. Headline, "Negro Churchmen Endorse Roosevelt: National Non-Partisan Churchmen's Committee for Re:Election of President Roosevelt. Newsprint. Moderate browning. Edges chipped. Later vertical crease. Two small yellow spots on front leaf. African American newspaper. First three pages mostly devoted to biographical and other information..... More
Los Angeles: Multicultural Arts, Inc.; Hollywood, Fl.: The International Review of African American Art, (c. 1990). Paperback. illustrated ( color and black & white), 61, [3]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Issue on women artists who matured during and after the 1960s ("African American Women Artsists: Another Generation") --..... More
Kansas City, Kansas: 1932. [4]p. Newspaper printed on peach-colored newsprint. 61 cm. Later vertical fold. Chipped and splitting along horizontal fold, with loss of some text. Identified as Sumner issue. This newspaper identified itself on its masthead as "A National newspaper. The oldest Negro newspaper in the Southwest." This copy..... 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 York?]: December 12th Movement, 1997. Broadside. 28 x 22 cm. More
Olathe, Kansas: Second Baptist Church, 1987. Paperback. 34 (p). Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. First of the two pages about the Pastor has three short underlinings with an orange marker. The exact chronology of this African American church's early history had become vague by 1987 according to the one-page..... More
Chicago: Muhammad's Mosque No. 2, 1967. Tabloid-sized newspaper format. photos, illustrated, 28p. 40 x 30 cm. Newsprint has moderate browning but is not brittle. "Dedicated to Freedom Justice and Equality for the so-called Negro. The Earth Belongs to Allah." [statement in boxed ear at left of title on front page]..... More
New London: New London County Historical Society, Inc., n.d. Reprint. Paperback. (24)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Late 20th century reprint of the 1897 revised edition published in Middletown, Connecticut. 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. 28 cm. Moderate cover spotting. Lettering on backstrip mostly gone. Internally sound and clean. No jacket (as published). Published nine times yearly -- no..... More
New York: 1906. Paperback. [pp. 537-586] plus a total of [20] unnumbered pages of advetisements before and after text. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Cover has edge-wear. Small sticker on front cover. A few leaves have a short tear in right margin. One of the articles in this issue is..... More
Akron: Educator Publishing Company [William R. Ellis also identified as Editor/Publisher], 1984. 12p. Newspaper format. 41 x 57cm. Later vertical fold. Browned but not brittle. Headline in this African America weekly is all too familiar -- "Brutality Complaint Refused" above a story about police violence against a 15 year-old African..... More
(Cleveland): The Centennial Committee, (1949). Paperback. photos, 37p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31cm. Cover scuffed and rather worn. Minor wrinkling. More
Jackson, MI: The Pioneer Gospel Mission, INc., n.d. [ca. 1956]. 3 small photos, Folded four-page publication. 28 cm. Two vertical folds so that this could be mailed as a business-letter-sized self mailer (with one small piece of tape (now just tape marks) used to hold it closed when mailed. Modest..... More
Tucson: 1996. photos, 16p. 36 cm. Newspaper (tabloid-sized or smaller) format. Horizontal crease where folded. This issue contains three editorial/opinion pieces written by Betty Liggins (1931-2019), identified elsewhere as a Nurse Practitioner who was also a Civil Rights activist and had attended the 1988 Democratic Convention as a Delegate for..... More
1935. Paperback. 8p. Eight-page newspaper. 46 x 56 cm. High acid newsprint chipped and browned. Fragile, Loss of a few words along folds. African American Newspaper published in Washington, DC by the Tribune Publishing Company. Biggest headline: Legion Hits Communism. One of the other front page, non-sports headlines: Borah hits..... More
20p. Mimeo. Stapled along left side. Leaves printed on one side only. 28 cm. Light vertical crease. Some browning and wear on first and last leaves. No separate title page. Llewellyn L. Berry, 1876-1954, was born in Hampton, Virginia and graduated from Hampton Institute. He served as pastor of various..... More
n.p. 1964. Paperback. 45p. [printed on one side]. Wrapper. Stapled in upper left corner. 28cm. Name on front. Rusty staple mark where old staple was removed (and then re-stapled). The AME Zion denomination supported missions in Bahamas, Guyana, Liberia, Ghana and Nigeria. More
Washington: 1966. Paperback. Washington: 1966. (32)p. Wrapper. White comb binding. 28cm. Comb cracked and missing several teeth. Minor cover soil. Contents sound and clean. Located at 2498 Alabama Avenue, S. E. More
