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BOOK CATEGORY: African-American History Gregory, Dick Nigger Description: 224 pp. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Unpriceclipped dustjacket has one closed tear, with top edges yellowed. Previous owners name, and a small stain on ffep. Hornby, Jim Black Islanders: Prince Edward Island's Historical Black Community Description: xvii, 116 pp. With black & white illustrations, chapter notes and index. Inscription reads, "To Sandy and Bobby Ives with great respect, Jim Hornby." From the Library of Edward "Sandy" Ives, writer, singer, anthropologist, and authority on the folksongs and folklore of Maine and Maritime Canada, with his name on the ffep. Ives was the founder and Director of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History and the editor of its annual publication, Northeast Folklore. See our Catalog "Ives, Edward" for more books from his collection. Parker, Theodore Two Christmas Celebrations A.D. 1 and MDCCCLV. A Christmas Story for MDCCCLVI Description: 46 pp. Ordained Unitarian, the Reverand Parker became too liberal for the Unitarians. His supporters organized the 28th Congregational Society of Boston, a so called free church; he was installed as minister in January 1846. Parker endorsed women's suffrage in a sermon, On the Public Function of Woman, preached in 1853. He served as the abolitionists' Minister at Large to fugitive slaves in Boston, and condemned the Fugitive Slave Act. This book is based on a sermon calling for people to treat each other with the respect Jesus used. Bright navy cloth, blind stamping on boards, front board decorated with floral wreath and titles in gilt. Gift inscription from 1861 on ffep. VG Shade, William G. and Herrenkohl, Roy C Seven on Black. Reflections on the Negro Experience in America Description: [xii], 178 pp. Index, bibliography.. Gray paper-covered boards, cloth spine, titles stamped in black. Clean & tight. Dustjacket has slight soiling, a little edge wear. "Black men and women are demanding the 300 years of American history and heritage that have been denied them. This book is an introduction to that history. Based on lectures given at Lehigh University by distinguished black and white scholars..." |
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