[Washington, D.C: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1936. First edition, first(?) issue without rubber... Read More about Negro History Week Beginning February 9, 1936 [Cover title
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New York: April, 1890. Kemble, E. W. Edward Windsor Kemble (1861-1933) is best-known for his superb illustrations of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Puddin’ Head Wilson, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and several of Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories. He was a self-taught artist, whose work “reveals a...... Read More about Pen and Ink Drawing: "The Promoter." Illustration for The Century Magazine of a gap...
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New York: Oct. 1887. Kemble, E. W. Edward Windsor Kemble (1861-1933) is best-known for his superb illustrations of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Puddin’ Head Wilson, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and several of Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories. He was a self-taught artist, whose work “reveals a...... Read More about Pen and Ink Drawing: 2 vignette scenes of black men and women for "Mrs. Stowe's Uncle Tom at...
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New York: Oct. 1887. Kemble, E. W. Edward Windsor Kemble (1861-1933) is best-known for his superb illustrations of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Puddin’ Head Wilson, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and several of Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories. He was a self-taught artist, whose work “reveals a...... Read More about Pen and Ink Drawing: 4 vignette scenes of black women for "Mrs. Stowe's Uncle Tom at home in...
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Kemble is best remembered as the original illustrator of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). Read More about Uncle Remus. Two fine etchings of Uncle Remus telling Brer Rabbit stories to the Little Boy,...
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Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First edition. Author’s First Book, a Virginia Plantation Novel. First edition of the author’s first book, a plantation novel set in early 19th-century Virginia, preceded only by several pamphlets and a short-lived serial. A series of sketches told from the point of view of Mark..... Read More about Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion
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[Jefferson City, Mo.]: 1941. King was the Missouri State Superintendent of Public Schools and this special bulletin has tipped in slip from Roland L. Wiggins, Supervisor of Negro Schools. Read More about A Suggestive Outline for the Study of the Negro in History
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np: Voice of America, May 20, 1966. Quotes from King's speech..."I have a drewam..." Read More about Freedom Road #4 for Voice of America News and Current Affairs
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New York: Harper & Row, (1964). Later printing. This is King’s third book, Why We Can’t Wait, includes the first book appearance of his celebrated “Letter from Birmingham Jail” written after he was arrested in Alabama in 1963 during a non-violent protest against racism and racial segregation. Read More about Why We Can't Wait
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New York: Harper & Row, (1964). First edition. King’s third book, Why We Can’t Wait, includes the first book appearance of his celebrated “Letter from Birmingham Jail” written after he was arrested in Alabama in 1963 during a non-violent protest against racism and racial segregation. Read More about Why We Can't Wait
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Atlanta: April 13, 1968. The entire issue is dedicated to King, and includes a printing of his I Have a Dream speech on p. 10. The final page comprises a reproduction of each page of the April 9 funeral program. Read More about Atlanta Inquirer ... Vol. 3, No. 15 ... April 13, 1968 ... Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther...
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Montgomery, AL: 1956-1961. "In December 1956, the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) held the first of its annual conferences on nonviolent direct action, called the Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change ... Institutes held in the following years typically included mass meetings, public forums, seminars on nonviolence, women’s nights and youth..... Read More about Group of 5 printed programs from the Montgomery Improvement Association Institute on Non-Violence...
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San Francisco: 1956. "The Montgomery Story" Address. "King and A. Philip Randolph were the featured speakers at the forty-seventh annual NAACP convention, addressing a public session at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium that attracted more than a thousand delegates from thirty-five states. King discusses the historical background of the black..... Read More about Address by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and President...
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New York: 1956. Commemorating the Second Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. "King delivered this sermon at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, headquarters of the Episcopal diocese of New York State, in an ecumenical program commemorating the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision in..... Read More about The Death of Evil Upon the Seashore. A Sermon Preached by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the...
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[New York]: Harper & Row, [1967 or 1968]. Includes 13 quotes from Stride Toward Freedom, Strength to Love, Why We Can't Wait and Where Do We Go From Here. It is unclear if this broadside was produced by Harper & Row during the publicity tour for Where Do We Go..... Read More about Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaks
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Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, May 1963. First edition, first issue. First Separate Printing of King's Famous Letter From Birmingham City Jail: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." King's non-violent Birmingham campaign protesting racism and racial segregation in Birmingham began on April 3, 1963. Arrested and jailed on..... Read More about Letter from Birmingham City Jail
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Atlanta, Ga: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1924. “Words of timely Wisdom from the soul of the great Imperial Wizard, who out of Mystic Darkness brings Light.”. Read More about The Practice of Klanishness [Drop title]. Imperial Instruction document No. 1, series AD. 1924,...
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New York: Intercultural Publications Inc, 1952. Perspectives USA subscription card mailed to the home of Langston Hughes. Perspectives USA was a groundbreaking magazine for American arts and culture and during the course of its sixteen issue run (1952-1956) and featured artists and writers such as William Carlos Williams, Thornton Wilder..... Read More about Perspectives USA subscription mailer addressed to Langston Hughes' home
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1989. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Lawrence. This is number 341. Read More about The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
Price: $10,000
Seattle, Washington: September 13, 1993. ALS, from Jacob Lawrence, to noted author and art critic Selden Rodman. It states (in part): "Dear Selden; This is a reply to your letter of September 7th, 1993, in which is requested biographical data for a book that you are working on 'Geniuses and..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed "Jake" to Selden Rodman
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1990]. One of 50 copies. The prints illustrate the King James version of the Book of Genesis. Bearing captions lithographed from mylars handwritten by the artist, this "exhibition portfolio" format is much larger than the regular edition of Eight Studies for the Book of..... Read More about Eight Studies [for the Book of Genesis
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New York: 7 April, 1941. Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas, 1941. Lee was acclaimed for his portrayal of Bigger Thomas in Orson Welles' 1941 stage adaptation of the Richard Wright' s NATIVE SON. Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times called his performance "the most vital piece of acting on..... Read More about Portrait Photograph of Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas, in the 1941 Orson Welles' stage adaptation of...
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Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Co, nd. Reprint, 60th printing. Signed on tipped in slip on ffep. Read More about To Kill a Mockingbird
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[Springfield, IL]: [1857]. First edition. The Dred Scott Speech. Rare first printing in book form of an important early speech by Lincoln declaring the Dred Scott decision to be "erroneous," setting the stage for the Lincoln-Douglas debates and his House Divided speech of the following year, and laying the foundation..... Read More about Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas. Delivered in Representatives' Hall,...
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Queens Village, New York, NY: July 18, 1811. An indenture concerning a historically significant property on Long Island and a sale by Lloyd heir, John Nelson Lloyd (1783-1842), and his mother, Amelia White Lloyd (1760-1818), to John Nelson Lloyd’s sister, Angelina Lloyd Strong (1785-1814). Queens Village, originally annexed to Oyster..... Read More about Autograph manuscript indenture signed (“Jno Nelson Lloyd”) and (”Amelia Lloyd”) for the...
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Washington, D.C: Published by National Urban League, US, 1963. First edition. Portfolio of collages by Black Panther art director Lo Monaco, "created specifically as a memento for those who participated in the historic March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs on August 28, 1963" Read More about We Shall Overcome: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963
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