[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

Washington DC: Beresford, 1904. viii,228pp., plus photographic portrait frontispiece. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt spine titles. Small chip at spine head, minor edge wear. Clean internally. A tight, square copy. The rare first edition of W. Bishop Johnson's excellent collection of twenty-six orations delivered by the African-American Baptist minister from the..... More

[New Orleans: Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc., 1948]. [4]pp., on a single folded folio sheet. Old horizontal folds, minor wear. A rare declaration of civil rights "approved at a Conference on Civil Rights at Madison Hall, University of Virginia" in 1948 by the Southern Conference Educational Fund. The group bills..... More

Shreveport: Ellis Mays & Son, [1946]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Bottom portion of first leaf torn away below the imprint, not affecting any text, soft vertical fold to both leaves, minor dust-soiling. A detailed program for the annual convention of the Colored Association of Louisiana, held in Shreveport..... 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

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: 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

[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

[Spokane]: 1938. 96pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers three-ring bound into decorative wood boards. Light wear to wrapper edges; wood boards lightly scuffed. Numerous newspaper clippings tipped onto several leaves, inside wrappers, and on title page. Occasional, slightly later manuscript annotations. Light dust soiling and toning internally. A scarce 1938 Civilian..... More

Denver: Comstock & Coad, [1891]. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Evenly toned, shallow chipping to edges, light dust-soiling, tiny hole in the spine margin not affecting text. A fragile but exceedingly rare and ephemeral work. The rare prospectus for the first meeting, which took place on January 11, 1891..... 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

Freeland, Md. & York, Pa. School of Living, 1970-1977. Volumes 8:11, 9:2-5, 34:3. Minor wear, toning. A few small edge tears. A small run of this journal published by the School of Living, “an educational organization that explores challenges of living, holds land in trust for present and future generations..... More

[Los Angeles: 1964]. Pictorial broadside, 11 x 8.5 inches, printed in blue, with portrait of Dr. King at top right. Minor edge wear and creasing, small chip to bottom right corner, old horizontal center fold. A rare broadside promoting a multi-faith event focused on "Religious Witness for Human Dignity," held..... More