New York: Verna, 1965. Panoramic photograph, 10 x 20 inches. A few heavy creases, two closed edge tears, small puncture at bottom left of image area. A striking panoramic photograph featuring the attendees of the national banquet of the Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity in New York City on August.....

[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.....

New York: Youth Committee for Peace and Democracy in the Middle East, 1970. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Minor discoloration to inner two pages, otherwise very nice. A very rare, if not unrecorded, offprint of an interesting article by notable African-American social activist Bayard Rustin, focused on support for.....

Buffalo, NY: The William Simon Brewery, [ca. 1960s]. Full-color poster, 20 x 15 inches, on cardboard. Minimal wear. A wonderful full-color advertising poster for Simon Pure Beer targeting the African-American community, with an African-American man at left pouring a can of beer into a glass, with an African-American woman at.....

New York: Harmon Foundation, [1956]. [4]pp. on a single folded sheet. Minor wear. A rare prospectus and biographical account detailing the career of prominent African-American painter William H. Johnston. Issued by the Harmon Foundation, the work covers Johnston's early career, his marriage to Danish artist Holcha Krake, his painting activities.....

Warrenton, Va. 1969. 54pp. Original light blue front wrapper, stapled (rear wrapper lacking). Minor wear and dust-soiling. A rare conference report sponsored by the Scholarship, Education & Defense Fund for Racial Equality in New York. The conference took place over three days in early 1969 in Warrenton, Virginia. The specific.....

New York: 1948. 19pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, light soiling, small chip to outer edge of first leaf, short closed tear to outer margin throughout. The very rare 1948 constitution written specifically for college or university chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored.....

New York: 1863. 48pp. Original printed wrappers. Very minor edge wear. Light foxing on text edges, but clean internally. A tight, square copy. A rare work containing important information on the New York City Draft Riots, including first-hand accounts by African-American victims of the bloody events in mid-July 1863. Between.....

New York: New York Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, 1951. Three items stapled together at top left corner, together with a separate leaflet, totaling seven pages. Minor edge wear, one item with a short closed tear. Overall very good. A group of four printed items pertaining to an.....

New York: 1975. [28]pp. Illustrated. Quarto. Original yellow glossy wrappers, printed in red, stapled. Very minor wear. The program for the annual fashion show and luncheon for this New York chapter of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. The event was held March 9, 1975 at.....

[Albany: NAACP Northeastern Region, ca. 1965]. Four-color broadside, 14 x 11 inches. Soft central horizontal crease, minor adhesive remnants on verso from former mounting. A striking four-color broadside produced by the New York State Conference of the NAACP in Albany to encourage African American men and women to exercise their.....

[Various locations: ca. 1930s to 1970s]. [48] leaves, illustrated with 260 mounted photographs, most black-and-white but some in color, between 1.5 x 1.5 to 8 x 10 inches, and a few ephemeral items. Full brown pebbled leather photograph album, screw-bound. Moderate edge wear and some chipping, front joint split but.....

[New York]: Herald Book and Job Office, [late 1845]. Broadside, 24.75 x 19.25 inches, printed in three columns, with elaborate decorative border. Old folds, a couple of marginal chips, offsetting around border (or possibly light mat burn). Overall very good. A New Year's address to the readers of the New.....