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
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.
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...
Black Herman's Secrets of Magic--Mystery & Legerdermain
New York: Dorene Publishing Co, 1938. 7.25 x 5.25", pink illustrated wrappers, 128 pp. A nice copy with toning to pages, circular sticker to front wrapper. Fifteenth Deluxe Edition, with 1938 date to copyright page, although this feels like a later edition, circa 1950s.
The Black Panther Vol. X No. 13
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1973. Single issue for August 11, 1973. Very good with toning to paper.
Booker T. Washington Evening High School Commencement Program
1958. 5.5 x 4.25", 12pp, stapled wrappers. Commencement program from Booker T. Washington Evening High School in Atlanta, the first African American high school in Georgia, attended by Martin Luther King Jr. Very good.
Booker T. Washington High School Class of '57 20th Year Reunion
Atlanta, Georgia: [1977]. Reunion program for the African American High School attended by Martin Luther King Jr. Very good, a bit yellowed.
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.....
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.....
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.
Pair of Photographs of African Americans Fishing & Camping
Circa 1905. Pair of early photos measuring 3.25 x 2.25", on cabinet mounts. One depicts three African Americans eating at a camp site, the other depicts a man with a recent catch of fish. Images faded, mounts bowed.
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.....
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.
Women Extraordinaire El Cortez Hotel San Diego, California "That's Entertainment" 1975
San Diego: 1975. Quarto, 16pp, stapled wrappers. Souvenir program for a performance by "Women Extraordinaire", a San Diego based African American women's dance troupe "endeavoring to make Black Culture a living Reality in our City and nation," according to a message by the group's President printed within. The last two.....
Yuletide Greetings from Coretta King and Children
No Place of Publication: 1968. Folding leaf measuring, 9.25 x 6.25", unfolding to measure 11.25 x 9.25". A christmas card sent by Coretta Scott King and her family in December of 1968, featuring a photographic image of Coretta and her children playing a game and the printed message "Give us.....
A Clashing of The Soul John Hope and the Dilemma of African American Leadership and Black Higher Education in the Early Twentieth Century
Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1998. 440 pp, hardcover, very good with mild soiling to covers and text edges.
THE LATEST BY THE COMPOSER OF "SMOKY MOKES" HUNKY-DORY
New York: Feist & Frankenthaler, 1900. 14.5 x 12", yellow and blue color lithograph cover depicting an African American family, 6pp. Front cover notes that the song was "also published as a song with humorous darkey text." Rear cover features an "Extract from the San Francisco Call" headlined "Paris Has.....
Fight For Freedom The Story of the NAACP
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1962. 8vo, hardcover with dust jacket, 224pp. Early edition. A very attractive example. Dust jacket shows a couple areas of faint damp staining, bit of rubbing, tiny chips to spine ends.