The Greatest Ball Game Ever Played ~ Chicago Cubs and New York Giants...

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1956 Montgomery, Alabama civil rights movement...

THE WORKER, New York, March 4, 1956



* Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott

* Civil Rights movement leaders arrested 

* Martin Luther King Jr. - African Americans



This publication, The Worker, represents the official voice and ideological "mouthpiece" of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold War.

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Civil War map of a naval battle near Fort Pillow...

NEW YORK HERALD, May 18, 1862



* U.S. naval operations near Fort Pillow

* Mississippi River - Andrew H. Foote



Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From South Carolina" "Effects of the Abolition Edict of General Hunter" "The Contrabands Eschew a military Life" "Heroism Of Nine Colored Seamen" (with a mention of Robert Small... See More  

1963 Birmingham campaign... MLK...

THE DETROIT NEWS, May 21, 1963



* Birmingham campaign movement - Alabama

* Martin Luther King Jr. & Negro students protest



The front page has a one column heading: "Schools Bar 1,000 Negroes" with subhead: "Dr. King Plans Court Appeal in Birmingham" (see)

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Willie Vinson lynching...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1942.



* Willie Vinson, Texarkana TX lynching

* Great World War II coverage



This 30 page newspaper has a very small and discrete report on page 17 under:



* LYNCHIN RECORD BETTER



Tells of the lynching of negro Willie Vinson in Texarkana, Texas.



Other news of the day throughout including much on World War II.



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Much on the Civil War... Civil War map of Acquia Creek...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 1, 1861  



* Battle of Aquia Creek Civil War map

* Union Navy gunboats vs. Confederate batteries

* One of the first battles of the war



The format of this title at this time was advertisements on the front page with the wealth of Civil War reporting on inside pages. 

The back page includes a Civil War map headed: "Acquia Creek and Its Environs" wit... See More  

From during George Washington's administration...

GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, March 24, 1794  The capital of the United States was in Philadelphia at this time while the District of Columbia was under construction.

The front page has 3 runaway slave ads and three shipping ads. Other news of the day is found throughout,

Four pages, tiny binding holes along the spine, untrimmed, great condition.

Brooklyn Dodgers win pennant... Jackie Robinson...

THE DETROIT NEWS, September 23, 1947 



* Brooklyn Dodgers win pennant 

* 1st Year of Jackie Robinson  - The Bums



The front page of the sport's section has a banner heading: "Sept. 30: Dodgers vs. Yankees in New York" (see images)

Complete with 44 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrested...

THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas, April 13, 1963



* Martin Luther King Jr. arrested

* Birmingham civil rights campaign

* Southern Christian Leadership Conference



The top of the back page has a one column heading: "Negro Student Help Sought" Civil unrest in Birmingham would continue for weeks with many confrontations between black youth and white civic authorities.

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1969 be-in at Central Park ad... Nat Hentoff column...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, April 4, 1968



* Columnist Nat Hentoff - NYC police

* Be-in at Central Park advertisement

* Protest to End the War in Vietnam

* Date Martin Luther King jr. was killed



Page 11 has a column by columnist Nat Hentoff titled: "Keeping the Cops From Riotijng"

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The trial in the John Brown Harper's Ferry insurrection...

NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 9, 1859  



* John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid

* Harpers Ferry WV, West Virginia trial



Much of the front page is taken up with election results. Page 4 has over half a column headed: "The Harper's Ferry Outbreak" "Proceedings of the Court--The Case of Copeland--Trial of Cook--His Confession Read in Court--Stephens Handed Over t... See More  

Cartersville GA lynching...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 2, 1930  This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 13 that include: "MOB COMES BACK AND LYNCHES NEGRO" "Takes Victim From Georgia Jail as Trial Nears, Troops Having Once Saved Him

* KEEPER'S KEYS ARE SEIZED" and more. (see)



This tells of the lynching of Negro John Will Clark in Cartersville, Georgia.



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Thomas Nast prints... A.B. Frost print... "The Centennial" prints...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 21, 1876  Full front page Thomas Nast: 'The Solid South--Gaunt & Hungry'.; Full page illustration A.B. Frost: 'Of Course He Wants to Vote the Democratic Ticket' shows a black man with 2 guns to his head.; Three fullpage prints on The Centennial.; 

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Alfred Vanderbilt weds... William H Lewis being ousted out the American Bar Association...

VALLEY SENTINEL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1912  The front page features a large photo of Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, whom he had just recently married. Just slightly more than three years later, Mr. Vanderbilt would be among the victims in the sinking of the Lusitania.



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Max Yergan... African American activist...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 15, 1937



* African American Max Yergan

* 1st Negro to be a faculty member in NYC colleges ?

* Baptist Missionary - activist

* National Negro Congress president



Page 13 has a small one column heading: "Negro For College Post" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on Yergan possibly becoming the first African-American faculty member ever hired at one ... See More  

Jewish... Football...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 2, 1905  Front page illustration "Digging" by W. A. Rogers; John M. Pattison, Governor-Elect of Ohio, Whose Election Defeated the Republican Machine Bosses; Yale's Victory Over Princeton at New Haven; The Reign of Terror in Russia--Scenes of the Massacres of Jews and the General Industrial Uprising; The Evils of College Athletic... See More  

1984 NYC Subway shootings... black teenagers...

USA TODAY, Dec. 24-25, 1984



* New York City Subway shooting

* Bernhard Goetz vigilante shootings

* 4 African American - black teenagers 

* Self-defense or racism arguments ? 



Page 3 has a one column heading:"NYC subway adds police after shootings" (see images) Not known at the time, Goetz would turn himself in nine days later. 

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Father Divine pilgrimage... Promise Land...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, August 21, 1936



* Father Divine's pilgrimage

* African American spiritual leader

* International Peace Mission movement



The bottom of the front page has a three column heading: "Father Divine and His 'Harlem Angels' Ride to Heaven on a Steamboat Special" (see images)

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General Halleck leads the army in Missouri...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 30, 1861  The entire front page is taken up with a print captioned: "Major-General Halleck, U.S.A., Commanding Our Army In Missouri". Inside has a small map of: "Fernandina, Florida"; a full page with two prints of: "Headquarters of General Wright at Fort Walker, Hilton Head, South Carolina, formerly Those of General Drayton of ... See More  

First African American to serve as governor of the United States Virgin Islands, as a federal judge, and as a federal appellate judge...

NEW YORK TIMES, July 20, 1950  Page 50 has a small and somewhat inconspicuous article headed: "NEGRO JUDGE CONFIRMED" "Senate Unanimously Approves Hastie for Appeals Bench". William Henry Hastie was the first African American to serve as governor of the United States Virgin Islands, as a federal judge, and as a federal appellate judge.

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Great news from the Mexican War... Four slave-related ads from this leading slave import city...

THE CHARLESTON COURIER, South Carolina, Aug. 12, 1847  In 14 years this city would be the hotbed for secession from the Union, not surprising given it was the largest American point of disembarkation for the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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United Negro College Fund is founded....

NEW YORK TIMES, May 1, 1944 



* UNCF founded - starts

* United Negro College Fund



Page 17 has a brief, discrete but very notable article with one column headings: "Drive To Open Wednesday" "United Negro College Fund Seeks to Raise $1,500,000".

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The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 20, 1863  Most of the front page is taken up with 2 prints: "The Iron-Clad Gunboat 'Cincinnati', Sunk at Vicksburg." and "The Monster Tent Erected at Chicago for the Canal Convention." Among the prints inside are a full page: "Triumphal Entry of the Army of Major-General Banks Into Alexandria, Louisiana" and a fullpg: &... See More  

John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry...

NEW YORK TIMES, October 22, 1859 



* John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid

* Harpers Ferry WV West Virginia



The front page has an article headed: "The Virginia Rebellion" "...Arms Distributed through Virginia--Incidents and Details" and more. The reporting takes nearly 4 columns.

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1993 "POSSE" opening day film advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 18, 1993



* "POSSE" film advertisement

* Opening day premiere in Manhattan

* African American Western cowboys movie

* Directed & starring Mario Van Peebles 

* Big Daddy Kane - Tone Loc - Tiny Lister



Page 57 has a nice full page advertisement for the opening day premiere of "POSSE" in Manhattan.&... See More