Pawtucket, Ma. Robert Sherman, Printer, 1837. [2],61pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Moderate scattered foxing, minor edge wear, corners a bit worn. A rather scarce and notable abolitionist work relating the events surrounding the attack of a pro-slavery mob on the Mansfield Anti-Slavery Society in October 1836. The work includes an account..... More

[Oakland]: Voice Publishing Company, 1946. 140pp. Original tan wrappers printed in black. Some creasing and light chipping to wrappers. Internally clean. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged, with the subtitle reading "A book discussing the problems of unity and co-operation among American Negroes in those matters concerning their betterment." Barrett's work..... More

[Buffalo: 1937]. Photo-illustrated broadside, approximately 12 x 9 inches. Tanned, darker around the edges, with minor creasing. Small manuscript note at bottom, reading "Buffalo, 1937." A striking and seemingly unrecorded broadside advertising a speech by James W. Ford, the "Outstanding Negro Leader - twice Vice Presidential candidate of the Communist..... More

Detroit: 1905. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Old creases and wrinkles, minor edge wear, small chip to bottom corner. A seemingly-unrecorded program detailing the events held at the eighth annual meeting of the short-lived but vitally important National Afro-American Council. The National Afro-American Council was one of the first..... More

Mahwah, N.J. [1969]. Handbill, 11 x 8.5 inches. Original folds, light edge wear. A rare handbill issued by the United Black Brothers, a labor union based in Mahwah, New Jersey, reacting against a recent episode in which a manager unfairly and arbitrarily dismissed an African American worker with the racist..... More

Speigner, Al. 1952. Volume 1, Number 6. [6],82,[1]pp. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers, linen spine. Light wear and soiling, contemporary presentation inscription on front cover. Internally clean. Scarce prison periodical published at Draper Prison and representing “the entire inmate body of the Alabama penal system.” The magazine began publication in September..... More

[Memphis: ca. 1964]. Broadside handbill printed on orange paper, 9 x 5.75 inches. Light edge wear, short closed tear. An exceedingly-rare handbill calling for a boycott of Stag Beer in Memphis in the early-1960s. The impetus for the boycott was the lack of African American representation in A.S. Barboro Distributing..... More

[Atlanta: 1962]. Photographically-illustrated broadside, 11 x 9 inches, printed in green ink on yellow paper. Minor edge wear, old center horizontal fold, a few minor creases, mild dust-soiling. An unrecorded broadside advertising a June 6, 1962 performance by Harry Belafonte as a benefit concert for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference..... More

Columbus, Oh. Vanguard League, March 1, 1944. [4]pp., on a single 5.5-x-12-inch sheet of beige paper, folded twice. Minor soiling, creasing, and edge wear, small illegible ink signature on rear blank. A very rare informational leaflet published by the Vanguard League, providing background on the organization's origins and objectives through..... More

[N.p. ca. 1935]. 16pp. Tall 16mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light oxidization around staples. Light wear and soiling to wraps. Light tanning. A scarce and ephemeral little handbook, published as a guide for the enrollees into Company 755 of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which worked on the McKenzie Bridge over..... More

[N.p.]: 1932. Broadside, 9 x 6.25 inches. Minor wear. Father Divine was the most prominent black religious cult leader of the 1930s, believed to be a divine messenger, the messiah, or God himself by tens of thousands of African-Americans and middle-class whites during the Great Depression. In November 1931, Divine..... More

Omaha: Klopp & Bartlett Co., 1903. 44pp. Original red cloth, cover stamped in black. Corners lightly rubbed. Text lightly toned, last few leaves with lower corner rumpled. A series of eighteen diagrams illustrating the ceremonial movements for initiation into the Degree of Honor lodges in Nebraska. The Degree of Honor..... More

San Francisco: [1968]. Broadsheet on blue paper, 13.5 x 8.5 inches. Slight discoloration along top and bottom edges, minor edge wear, a few soft creases, old horizontal folds. An exceedingly rare broadsheet advertising a multi-faceted public march and rally against the Vietnam War and "racism, poverty and repression," which took..... More