Search Results: Titles starting with I from Langdon Manor Books LLC

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 1976. 8 ½" x 5¼". Stapled self wrappers. pp. [8]. Near fine with light edge wear and a hint of toning at extremities. This is a program for an event honoring Grant Gordon, an African American educator with a significant military record. Gordon grew up in Beloit, Illinois and graduated from Milwaukee State Teachers College in 1940. In addition to being the first-ever African American school principal in Milwaukee, he was a 1st Lieutenant platoon leader of the 320th Barrage Balloon Bn. (VLA)(Colored). Not only was the 320th the first barrage balloon unit it France, it was the only African American unit to come ashore on D-Day. Battery A of the unit was assigned to the 1st Division at Omaha, while Battery C was assigned to the 4th Division on Utah-making them one of very few units assigned to both beaches. According to Grant's Separation Qualification Record he was "responsible for morale, discipline, training, administration, and tactical employment of the 66 enlisted personnel… Read More

[Washington, D.C.]: Metropolitan Community Aid Council, 1969. Very good. 19 5/8" x 13 5/8". Poster, screen printed on paper in black. Very good: scattered light creasing. A stunning image of Martin Luther King, Jr. possibly used in rallies on the one year anniversary of his assassination. The Metropolitan Community Aid Council ("MCAC") was founded in the 1960s by Willie Hardy, an African American woman, to provide aid, shelter and job placement for homeless in the Washington D.C. Area. Hardy, who was widowed in 1970 while raising seven children, was an activist who also led the Black United Front and was elected to the Council of the District of Columbia when it was first established in 1974. We've located a CIA report released in response to a FOIA request that mentions Hardy planning four separate rallies in Washington related to the one year anniversary of King's death. While not dispositive, this fact lends itself to our date attribution. OCLC locates nothing by the MCAC. Will ship rolled.

Tuskegee Institute, Alabama: Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc, 1975. Very good. 11" x 8½". Stapled wrappers. Pp. 125. Very good: covers lightly worn with a few small stains, toning at spine and inked owner's name to front; tiny nick to top corner of spine extending to first few leaves; five pages with evidence of offsetting and a bit of spotting at outer edge. This is a publication of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority (IPL) which is filled with historical data and many images. IPL is the first African American sorority for business and professional women. It was founded by Lola Mercedes Parker in 1929 in Chicago. According to the sorority's website, its goals are to: "Unite in sisterhood qualified business and professional women in order to enhance and improve the status of women in our highly complex, competitive business and professional world; Promote increased interest in the broad field of business education among high school and college young women through planned programs and scholarships;… Read More