AfricanAmericana
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed Copy of Stride Toward Freedom, Inscribed to A. Philip Randolph—with Randolph’s Extensive Notes
Asa Philip Randolph was a pioneer crusader for Civil Rights. In 1925, he founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (the Pullman Porters). In 1963, he was one of the Big Six organizers of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Full-page inscription by King: “To my dear friend A. Philip Randolph. / In appreciation of…
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Abraham Lincoln Signed Check to “William Johnson (Colored),” the President’s Valet, Who Accompanied Him to Antietam and Gettysburg
William Henry Johnson was a free black servant who accompanied the president-elect on his journey from Springfield to Washington, D.C., while Lincoln was under threat of assassination. Lincoln’s identification of Johnson as “Colored” would facilitate the latter’s cashing of the check. On arrival in the capital, Lincoln found employment for Johnson stoking the furnace of the…
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WE KEPT THEM FLYING,DAVID H. HINTON AN ORIGINAL TUSKEGEE AIRMAN, SIGNED
c1997 David H. Hinton, Ewing, NJInscribed by Author, self-published, 8.5″x11″ plastic comb binding, pp49. Nice collectible. David H Hinton 1924 -1916. In 1942, he graduated from Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood, NJ and attended Howard University, Washington, DC. Before completing his degree at Howard University, Mr. Hinton enlisted in the Army Air Corps Aviation Cadet Program. He…
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THE NEGRO AS CAPITALIST, ABRAM L. HARRIS – INSCRIBED 1ST EDITION
1936, The American Acadamy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia Philadelphia: The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1936. . Hardcover. Inscribed by Author. 1st Edition. THE NEGRO as CAPITALIST– Economic analysis of banking & business practices among American Negroes by ABRAM LINCOLN HARRIS, PhD, a grandson of slaves, the first nationally recognized black economist and…
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‘A CHEERFUL KITCHEN’ 1939 TEXTILE ART
1939. Original textile art. — ‘A CHEERFUL KITCHEN’– SIGNED ‘CGG’. Framed In original burlwood frame, 17″x 21″; textile matted under glass, measures 11″x14″. Handmade art, probably by a woman, with initials ‘CGG’ inked at bottom right-corner. A fine example of domestic African-Americana art. An inked homily describes the scene– A Cheerful Kitchen– Bright and Gay— Will Make…