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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 2004. A very crisp and clean signed first edition (stated); almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Flat-signed by the author on the ffep and on the title page! Black boards quarterbound by gray cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 415 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages of text and 8 wonderful pages of historic black and white photographs! "The electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle. In the Roaring Twenties, neon lit the night, jazz played, and in northern cities glistening new sky-scrapers beckoned Negroes worn down by southern terrors. They came with battered bags and hope. Ossian Sweet was among them, carrying his parents' dreams for his future and little else." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition. Black Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
by Boyle, Kevin
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English Serfdom and American Slavery: Or, Ourselves as Others See Us (Classic Reprint)
by Lucien Bonaparte Chase
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New York, New York: Negro Universities Press, 1968. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 259 historical and informative pages! "The world is indebted to the philanthropic ladies and gentlemen, who frequent Almacks, and lead London fashion, for several remarkable improvements upon the example set by the Redeemer. Their sensibilities are so much affected by the presence of suffering, that they take especial care to avoid it. At the same time they discreetly compromise with conscience by an ostentatious bestowal of alms upon distant, and, therefore, more worthy objects. Our Saviour did not avail himself of an expedient which commends itself to persons of less goodness, but greater tact. With him, charity began at home; with them, a commencement there, would preclude the hope of its ever reaching…
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In Spite of Handicaps: Brief Biographical Sketches with Discussion Outlines of Outstanding Negroes Now Living Who are Achieving Distinction in Various Lines of Endeavor
by Bullock, Ralph
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Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1968. Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition), no dj, overall a nice used copy! Blue coth with gilt on red lettering on the spine. 140 historical pages of text and 18 wonderful pages of historic black and white photographs! "From time to time requests have come to the offices of the National Council of the Y.M.C.A. for a book of brief biographical sketches of Negroes who are achieving distinction along business, professional, and artistic lines. Most of these requests have come from leaders of white boys' and girls' clubs who desired to promote better interracial understanding, and leaders of colored groups who desired to stimulate the race pride of colored youth." ---- from the Foreword.. Reprint (1927). Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Ma, Ma, Um Sweatin: A Grandmother's Compelling Dream (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
by DeRay Cole
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North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. A very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page! Full-color pictorial wrapper with gray and black lettering. 52 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "When DeRay Cole was a small boy, hed follow his grandmothers into the Arkansas cotton fields every day. While most women filled a seven-foot sack, Ma, Mas sack held nine feet of cotton. She worked harder than anyone else in the field. Little DeRay would get tired in the hot sun, and hed say to his grandmother, Ma, Ma, um sweatin. She would pause to wipe his face. Sometimes he wasnt really sweating; he just wanted her touch. She was always there, whether he was sweatin from heat, or just from his own nervous energy. So began a lifetime of love and affection between a woman born a generation past slavery and her…
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My Bondage and My Freedom (Classics in Black Studies)
by Frederick Douglass
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Amherst, New York, U.S.A.: Humanity Books, 2002. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with gold and white lettering. 479 informative and historical pages! "The standard list of the great names in American history - Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln - does not usually include the name of Frederick Douglass. Yet as this extraordinary autobiography reveals, Douglass's courage, intelligence, moral character, and remarkable accomplishments certainly should place him in the foremost ranks of great Americans. This moving, eloquently told first-person account of a man who was born and raised as a slave, made two attempts at escape before reaching freedom, educated himself against all odds, and went on to become a leading abolitionist and spokesperson for African Americans should be essential reading for anyone who truly wants…
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A Negro History Tour of Manhattan
by Harris, M. A.
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New York: Greenwood Publishing Corporation, 1968. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used first edition! Pictorial cloth covered boards with black lettering on the front board and spine. Mapped endpapers. 113 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "New York City is made up of five boroughs ---- Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island ---- but to many people, including the author, New York means Manhattan. It was this small island (about thirteen miles long and two miles wide) that the early Dutch settlers bought from the Indians for $24 worth of beads and trinkets." ---- from the Introduction.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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The Negro's Stuggle for Survival: A Study in Human Ecology
by Holmes, S. J.
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Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, Inc., 1966. Minor edge and corner wear, no dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, gently shelf worn, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean used copy! 296 historical pages! "The biological trend of the American Negro cannot fail to have an important influence upon the people of the United States in many ways. No comprehensive treatment of the subject has appeared since Dr. F. L. Hoffman's paper, 'Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro,' published in 1896, and since then many aspects of the problem have greatly changed. In the present volume I have endeavored to bring together the principal data available on the vital fortunes of our Negro population. No attempt is made to predict what will happen to the Negroes in the distant future." ---- from the Preface. Reprint (1937). Brown Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Outcome of Black Children-White Parents Transracial Adoptions
by Zastrow, Charles
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San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.: R & E Research Associates, 1977. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is creased as well as the lower corner of the rear of the wrapper; small spot on the upper portion of the front of the wrapper where a sticker has been removed; head and tail of the wrapper are worn; shelf worn; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! White wrapper with black lettering and a black illustration on the front. 142 informative and educational pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "Adoption provides substitute care (parents) for children whose natural parents are unable or unwilling to care for them. As a legal proceeding of the court, it involves permanent transfer of parental rights from the natural parents to the adopters. A more formal definition of adoption indicates, 'It entails the extinction of all present or future rights and obligations of the…
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The Presidency and Black Civil Rights: Eisenhower to Nixon
by Wolk, Allan
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Cranbury, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Associated Univ Pr, 1971. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some yellow highlighting throughout the book, no dj, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a nice used first edition! Black cloth with faded silver lettering on the spine. 276 historical pages! "What has the federal executive done to implement the civil rights laws? What organizational arrangements and methods of operation have been established to enforce these laws? To what degree have these efforts been effective? Answers to these questions will aid in understanding why there is a wide gap between the law as written and actual compliance with it ---- why there has been a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. There is no doubt that the public policy of the United States as expressed in Congressional statutes, Presidentail Orders, and Judicial decrees states and there should be equal rights for all." ----…
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Slavery and Abolition, 1831-1841, Vol. 16 of 27 (Classic Reprint)
by Albert Bushnell Hart
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New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 360 historical and informative pages! "Except perhaps the struggle between patriots and stories at the outbreak of the Revolution, no controversy in the history of the United States has aroused such passion and led to such momentous results as that between the advocates and the opponents of slavery. Yet in its initial movement the organized propaganda, to which the term abolition is usually applied, was disassociated from political parties; and nearly a quarter of a century passed before a national election turned upon the issue of the farther territorial extension of slavery.............." ------ from the Author's Preface.. Reprint (1906). Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"…
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Southern Ladies, New Women: Race, Region, And Clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930
by Johnson, Joan Marie
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Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Florida, 2005. Hint of edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, spine is very lightly creased, overall a very crisp and clean first paperback edition! Gift quality! 282 very clean, unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "Joan Johnson investigates how the desire to create a distinctive southern identity influenced black and white clubwomen at the turn of the twentieth century and motivated their participation in efforts at social reform. Often doing similar work for different reasons, both groups emphasized history, memory, and education.". First Thus. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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