New York: S. Tackaberry, [1864]. Carte de visite photograph, 3.25 x 2 inches, on a slightly larger printed mount. Minor soiling and spotting, light edge wear. One of a series of CDVs featuring recently freed slaves produced in 1863-64 as part of a fundraising effort in the American South. This..... More

[New York: ca. 1920]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Moderate tanning, minor chipping to edges, and somewhat brittle. A possibly unrecorded flyer published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to spur interest in local chapters. The front cover touts the fact that in the..... More

Nashville: McQuiddy Printing Co., 1955. 52pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Moderate edge wear to wrappers, short vertical tear to top edge of front wrapper, mild soiling and rubbing. Light dampstain at bottom of gutter throughout. The rare 1955 reprint of Etienne Maxson's 1930 history of the progress of African Americans..... 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

Louisville, Ky. March 26, 1967. [1],26pp., contemporary copy, printed on rectos only, stapled. Minor toning and small paperclip stain to top edge of title leaf, last leaf loose. Otherwise clean. A nice contemporary copy of the annual report for the Southern Program of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), prepared..... More

Montgomery, Al. 1900. 4pp., on a single folded sheet. Some bumping and creasing to top edge, a few short closed tears, minor soiling. Accompanied by a single-page typed letter signed with stamped signature. Old fold, minor wear along outer edge. A seemingly-unrecorded program for the first annual conference of the..... More

San Francisco: [1977]. Broadside poster on orange cardstock, printed in blue and red, 11 x 28 inches. Light soiling and wear, a few small pin holes from hanging. Signage used in the fight to over the preservation of low-income housing in San Francisco's Manilatown district. In November 1968, tenants at..... More

Portland, Or. 1944-1950. Nine items, totaling [29]pp. Staples, old folds. Minor wear, moderate toning. A very interesting group of reproduced typescript materials, produced and distributed by the pacifist wing of the Christian Scientist Church most in the aftermath of World War II. These documents include a short run of their..... More

New York: New Century Publishers, 1945. 24pp. Publisher's printed self wrappers, stapled. Small chip at bottom of spine, light edge wear. Mild overall toning. A collection of four articles by important African American authors and white Communists "based on the authors' contributions to a Round-Table Symposium on the question: 'Have..... 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

Akron, Pa. Mennonite Central Committee, 1946. Twenty-one issues and eight supplements, totaling [86]pp. Regular issues mostly in broadsheet format, supplements on bifolia or stapled sheets. Previously folded, scattered toning, occasional short, closed tears and other minor wear. A substantial group of nearly thirty issues and supplements of the CPS Bulletin..... More

Wellston, Mi. 1944-1945. Three mimeograph broadsheets, each 8.5 x 14 inches. Minor toning and chipping. Three newsletters published by conscientious objectors from Civilian Public Service (CPS) Camp 42 in Wellston, Michigan. The CPS provided an alternative means for conscientious objectors (COs) to fulfill their national service duties as outlined by..... 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