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: Council of Negro Trade Unionists, [1948]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Minimal wear. A rare leaflet issued by the Provisional Harlem Committee to Free Ferdinand C. Smith and the Council of Negro Trade Unionists. Ferdinand C. Smith, secretary of the National Maritime Union, was instrumental in promoting..... More

Detroit: Dept. of Christian Social Relations, Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, [1958]. [2],9,[1]pp. Original printed self wrappers, with all text printed in dark blue, stapled. Light edge wear, minimal rusting to staples. A very rare pamphlet printing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s fiery keynote address delivered before an audience of about..... More

New York: A. Philip Randolph Institute, 1969. [12]pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and sunning along edges, short tear to bottom corner of front wrapper. A contemporary offprint of an interesting work by Bayard Rustin, which originally appeared in the January 1970 issue of Harper's Magazine, made much..... More

Shanghai: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House], China International Bookstore, [ca. 1968]. Offset color lithographic poster, 30.5 x 42 inches, expertly backed on linen, with ample linen margins. Minor surface wear, light creasing. A striking Chinese propaganda poster intended for an African American audience, illustrated with a group of Black..... More

[Philadelphia: 1966]. 16pp. Quarto. Original wrappers printed in red and black, stapled. Minor wear and edge discoloration. A rare program for the 1966 Northeast Regional Conference of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), held at the Adelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, or perhaps a pre-conference advertising piece, as the text does..... More

Mississippi: 1902. [1]p. typed document with manuscript corrections and additions. Folio. Old horizontal folds, moderate toning. Accompanied by a one-page manuscript document regarding payment of election registration work. A unique record of Jim Crow voting rights shenanigans, this "Report of Election Commissioners Leflore County, Mississippi," records the work of local..... More

New York: NAACP, 1949. Broadside, 11 x 8.5 inches. Old folds, short separations of crossfolds, minor toning. An offprint of an article printed in The Crisis, discussing the "old phrases," "name-calling," "angled 'news' stories," "half-truths" and "whole lies" being printed by the Communist Party in their mouthpiece, The Daily Worker..... More

[Philadelphia]: 1963. Broadside, 9 x 6 inches. Overall even tanning, minor wear. A striking handbill advertising the appearance of Mrs. Gladys Dickson, "wife of the former Minister of Defense, and now Chairman of Ghana Government Supply Commission" at a "benefit dinner and literary program" presented to "the Negro Public of..... 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

[Washington DC: American Civil Liberties Union, 1943-1945]. Six newsletters, one typed report, three newspaper reprints, totaling [27]pp. Stapled, previously folded. Minor wear and toning, occasional soiling. A run of six consecutive issues of the newsletter for the National Committee on Conscientious Objectors of the American Civil Liberties Union, published between..... More

Elgin, Il. 1936-1947. Ten pamphlets. Old folds. Light dampstaining to one item, otherwise some toning and very minor wear. Interesting group of pamphlets detailing the pacific beliefs and service of conscientious objectors from the Brethren before and during World War II. The Brethren are now one of lesser known pacifist..... More

San Francisco: Jos. Winterburn & Co., 1886. 14pp., plus advertisement leaf. Original printed wrappers bound into 20th-century black quarter leather and marbled boards. Erased signature and small inked numeral to front wrapper. A rare California entry in the ongoing 19th-century and early-20th century debate over the prohibition of alcoholic beverages..... More