The African Methodist Episcopal Church Voice of Missions
Los Angeles: Missionary Department of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1961. 4to, 16 pp, stapled wrappers. Creased, bit of soiling.
African American
Archive Belonging to an African American Military Family from Texas, Including Correspondence from Several Different Girlfriends to a Soldier Training for the Air Force
Various Places: 1953. A collection of letters, photographs, and ephemera belonging to the McAfee family, an African American military family from Tyler, Texas. According to government records, John McAfee served in the military, as did three of his children, John, Travis and Rudolph. The majority of these items belonged to.....
The Atlanta Inquirer April 20, 1968 (MLK Memorial Issue)
Atlanta: 1968. Folio, single newspaper issue "dedicated to the memory of The Late Martin Luther King Jr." Very good, toned and creased.
Beauty Aids for Men and Women Look Lovlier Look Younger Use Valmor and Sweet Georgia Brown Products Latest Price List
Chicago: Valmor Products Company, Circa 1940s. Brochure measuring 5.75 x 3.75" when folded, with four panels of text and illustrations on each side. Promotional brochure and price list for a line of skin, hair and beauty care products marketed towards African Americans. In excellent condition.
Black Heritage Magazine (Eight Issues)
Reston, Virginia: Sylvestre Watkins, 1977-79. Includes: Vol. 16 No. 3, 4, 5, 6, Vol. 17 No. 1 (two copies), 2 (two copies) and 3 (two copies), Vol. 18 No. 5, folding promotional brochure for the magazine. Housed in a black three ring binder. Soiling to covers, curling to magazines...
The Combination Calendar Girl Pageant
Oakland, CA: The Combination, 1970. Quarto, [30] pp, stapled wrappers. Program for a beauty pageant sponsored by "The Combination", an African American magazine based in Oakland. Includes a brief program of events, portraits of the judges, ads for local black businesses, and portraits of the contestants along with brief bios.....
Concert Grammar School Department of Union City Colored School, Wednesday Evening, 8:30, April 17, 1901, at Walker's Opera House
[Union City, Tennessee]: 1901. Broadside measuring 9 x 5", printed on pink paper. Some creasing, small stain to center. A scarce broadside program for a concert performed by students in the grammar school department of Union City Colored School, an African American school in Union City, located in the remote.....
David T. Howard Choral Ensemble in Concert Wheat Street Baptist Church
Atlanta: 1941. 8vo, leaflet, 4pp with 2pp list of patrons laid in. Program for a musical performance at the historic African American church in Atlanta, where pastor and civil rights activist William Homes Borders was installed four years prior to this concert. Borders' sermons at the church influenced a young.....
Grand Master J.F. Thomas' Annual Address Delivered in the 13th Annual Session, Hattiesburg, Miss., Nov. 9-12, 1910
No Place of Publication: 1910. Single folded leaf measuring 10.5 x 6", with four pages of text. A scarce leaflet printing an address given by J.F. Thomas, Grand Master of the Grand Benevolent Association (GBA), an African American fraternal organization. The address was given before a meeting of the association.....
Memorial of the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the American Colonization Society, Celebrated at Washington, January 15, 1867. With Documents Concerning Liberia.
Washington: Colonization Society Building, 1867. First Edition. 9.25 x 6", blue printed wrappers, 192 pp. A substantial publication issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the American Colonization Society. Prints the fiftieth annual report of the society, addresses given before the society, and a history of the "rise and progress.....
The Missionary Magazine Of The Woman's Missionary Society Of The African Methodist Episcopal Church
Nashville: Women's Missionary Society, A.M.E. Church, 1956-61. Two issues: November, 1956 and February, 1961. 4tos, stapled wrappers, address label on wrappers. Creasing and minor foxing.
Negro Story. Short Stories By Or About Negroes For All Americans. Vol. II, No. 1, August-September 1945.
Chicago: Negro Story Magazine, 1945. 9.5 x 6.25", blue stapled wrappers, 64 pp. Single issue of this important African American fiction magazine. Includes the short story "Make With The Shape" by Chester Himes, preceding his first book, as well as the sketch "Two at the Bar" by Langston Hughes. The.....
Paul Robeson Assisted by William Schatzkamer: Pianist
1946. 8v, folding leaflet, 4pp. Program for a concert featuring Paul Robeson, the acclaimed African American bass baritone concert artist and actor, a presentation of the Pennsylvania State College Artists' Course. Pencil annotations throughout. Offsetting, creasing, three 1.5 inch closed tears along lower corner.
Photo Album Belonging to an African American Jazz Saxophonist
1950s-60s. 4to, green spiral bound album binding containing 38 photos on sticky leaves, including eleven 8 x 10" photos, documenting the music career of a Jazz saxophonist names Jean Toussaint. Includes many performance photos that appear to have been taken in nightclubs, likely in New York City (records indicate that.....
Photograph of "Dixie Melodies," an African American Singing Group
Chicago: Theatrical, 1947. 8 x 10" photo with "Theatrical" photographer stamp to lower corner, also stamped "property of newspaper division field enterprises" to back, with newspaper clipping pasted to back identifying the group as "Dixie Melodies," to perform at the Coliseum, singing spiritiuals, folk songs, and popular tunes. Very good.....
Photograph Signed by All Four Members of Paul Robi's World Famous Platters
Hollywood, Ca: 1976. Photo measuring 8 x 10" with typed caption, signed by all four members of the famous African American vocal group. Together with another photo of the group measuring 5 x 4" that is possibly signed by Paul Robi. Smaller photo creased.
Souvenir Ad Book First Annual Youth Education Scholarship Council Fund Dance
Newark, New Jersey: Holmes Printing Service, 1953. Octavo, green printed wrappers, [12] pp. A fundraising souvenir book consisting of advertisements taken out by Newark, NJ African American lodges, businesses, and individuals ahead of a dance intended to raise funds for youth education scholarships. The dance was sponsored by the St.....
Souvenir Program 6th Anniversary of Rev. J. Vance McIver, D.D. Pastor of the Union Baptist Church
Orange, New Jersey: Orange Publishing Company, 1944. Quarto, grey printed wrappers, 28 pp. A souvenir program for the 6th anniversary celebration of the pastorate of Reverend J. Vance McIver at an African American Baptist church in Orange, New Jersey. The program prints lists of church members and officers, a brief.....
Souvenir Program Celebrating The Tenth Anniversary Of The Jones Memorial Baptist Church And The Seventh Anniversary Of The Pastor Rev. Joseph E.W. Dyches
Philadelphia: 1946. Quarto, red printed wrappers, [36] pp, photographic illustrations throughout. A well illustrated program issued for a celebration of the tenth anniversary of Jones Memorial Baptist Church, an African American church in Philadelphia, as well as for a celebration of the seventh anniversary of the pastor at the church.....
Souvenir Program of the 62nd Annual Session of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythians and Grand Court of Calanthe
Cleveland, Ohio: 1950. Octavo, yellow printed wrappers, [20] pp, photographic illustrations. Program for an Ohio state level conference of African American Knights of Pythians members, held at the Phillis Wheatley Association, a home for African American working women in Cleveland. The program prints a page of introductory text, a schedule.....
Supplement to 38th Annual Assembly of the Church of God (Colored) Convening in Jacksonville, Florida May 20-26, 1963
No Place of Publication: 1963. 8.25 x 5.5", blue stapled wrappers with black lettering, 116 pp, illustrations from photographs. A summary of the 38th Annual Assembly of the Church of God, an African American Pentecostal denomination with membership across the southern states. "These pages will serve in days, months and.....
"Teach Hope To All"
New York: United Negro College Fund, 1947. Octavo, stapled wrappers, [16] pp, photographic illustrations throughout. A booklet published to raise funds for the United Negro College Fund, highlighting six successful African American college graduates in order to "give a hint of the accomplishments of men and women who come out.....
The Tougaloo News
Tougaloo, Mississippi: Tougaloo College, 1936 to 1947. Three issues of this quarterly newspaper issued by the Historically Black College in Mississippi. Small folios, each 4 pp, with b/w illustrations from photographs. Includes issues for May, 1936; May, 1938, and May, 1947. With articles on staff, students, alumni, school events, and.....
Welcome to Friendship on our Annual Men's Day June 29, 1975 Our Theme: "The Relevancy of Christianity in times like these"
Atlanta: Friendship Baptist Church, 1975. Quarto, [10] pp plus stapled wrappers. Program for a "Men's Day" celebration at an African American church in Atlanta. Mayor Maynard Jackson and civil rights activist William "Sonny" Walker were among the speakers at the event. Hint of soiling, minor creasing.
Win and Woo With Madame Carue
[Paris, Tennessee]: [Tyson & Co], Circa 1930s to 1940s. Color printed brochure measuring 8.75 x 3.75" when folded, with three panels of text and illustrations on each side. A promotional brochure for a line of skin, beauty, and hair care products marketed to African American women. The manufacturer of this.....