1968 Fort Hood 43 Negro soldiers protest...

SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, Aug. 25, 1968



* Fort Hood 43 - Negro soldiers protest

* Democratic National Convention

* Chicago, Illinois - Killeen, Texas



Page 10 has a three column heading: "43 Negro Soldiers at Ft. Hood Face Court Martial for Protest" (see images)

Complete with 50+ pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.



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1942 Cleo Wright lynching... Sikeston, Missouri....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 26, 1942



* Lynching of Cleo Wright - Negro

* Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri



Page 17 has a one column heading: "NEGRO IS LYNCHED BY MISSOURI CROWD" with subhead. (see)

Other news of the day throughout including much on World War II. Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.



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1964 Odetta Holmes & Miriam Makeba...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 3, 1964



* Odetta Holmes - African American singer

* "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement"

* Village Gate night club performance advertisement

* Miriam Makeba - South African singer - songwriter

* "Mama Africa" - Civil rights activist



Page 9 has a small advertisement for "ODETTA" performa... See More  

1972 Southern University riot and shootings...

DAILY WORLD, Nov. 17, 1972



* The 1972 Southern University shooting

* African American - Negroes college

* Unfit campus conditions riot

* Baton Rouge, Louisiana



The front page has a nice headline: "DEPUTIES + DOGS + GAS = TWO STUDENTS DEAD" with lead-in: "Cops attack Black Campus" (see).

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Capture of 3 slave ships...

THE DAILY REGISTER, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Sept. 2, 1840  Page 2 has a somewhat brief article headed: "Slavers Captured" reporting in part: "...intelligence that...the British brig of war Brisk...with 3 Portuguese bells, the Adriana, Coringa, and Montevideo as prizes, taken on the coast of Africa...engaged in the slave trade...ordered by the Vice Admiralty...eto be broken ... 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.; 

Full page Thomas Nast illustration: 'Struck - At Sea'; Hal... See More  

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  

1962 Malcolm X vs. Bayard Rustin debate ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 18, 1962



* Malcolm X - civil right movement leader

* African American Muslim Minister activist

* Bayard Rustin - socialism activist - debate ad



The bottom of the back page has a 3 3/4 x 2 inch advertisement for: "'Separation Or Integration' a debate between Malcolm X and Bayard Rustin" at the Community Church i... See More  

1957 "Little Rock Nine" Central High School...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., September 11, 1957 



* Little Rock Nine

* Negro students - Arkansas

* Central High School

* Gov. Orval Faubus disobeys 

* re. Brown v. Board of Education 



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "TROOPS WILL REMAIN AT ARKANSAS SCHOOL, GOV. FAUBUS ASSERTS" with subheads. (see images) This report concerns the Little Rock N... See More  

Fort Pickens and Charleston...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 28, 1861  The full front page is taken up with: "Union Refugees From Western Missouri Coming Into St. Louis". Other prints inside include: "Entrance to Fort Pickens, Facing Fort Barancas, After Two Days' Bombardment" "Northern Row of Guns at Fort Pickens..." "Bird's-Eye View of Fort Pickens During the Bombardme... See More  

"The Blacks" Off-Broadway play opening day ad & review...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, May 11, 1961



* "The Blacks" Off-Broadway play

* Opening day advertisement & review

* Theater director Gene Frankel



Page 10 has a advertisement for the opening week for "The Blacks" Off-Broadway play. Page 11 has it's opening day review which continues on other inside pages.



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'Little Mac Out Again' shows McClellan on horseback...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 25, 1862  This issue features a nice full front page print: 'Little Mac Out Again' which shows McClellan on horseback. Inside includes a full page with two prints: 'Fort Holt, Kentucky, Opposite Cairo' and 'Commodore Foote's Gun-Boat Flotilla on the Mississippi'. A full page: "Bird's-eye View of the Vessels Composing ... See More  

Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., July 28, 1962 

 

* Albany Georgia civil rights rally - prayer

* Martin Luther King Jr. arrest and put in jail  (day of)



Page 6 has a two column heading: "Negro Strategists Map Plans In Racial Assault" (see) King and his associates would be arrested shortly after this publication was released.

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1977 interview w/ rascist Amiri Baraka...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 1, 1977



* Amiri Baraka - LeRoi Jones

* African American culture writer

* Interview of racist with photos



The front page has a heading: "AMIRI BARAKA'S LONG MARCH" with photo. And beginning on page 12 is a interview with him which includes some related photo. See images for small portion of the text.

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1859 Pike's Peak Gold Mining as a marketing ploy...

THE NORWALK EXPERIMENT, Huron County, Ohio, March 22, 1859



* Pike's Peak Gold Mining as an advertising hook

* Who should go to Pike's Peak

* Easier for negros in Massachusetts than foreigners (?)



The back page has a bold ad which appears to be seeking workers for the Pike Peak Gold Mines, but upon further inspection, the ad is actually for A. H. ROSE & CO's Store. However, ... See More  

1968 Martin Luther King Jr. benefit concert at MSG...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 27, 1968



* Martin Luther king Jr. benefit concert

* Madison Square Garden advertisement

* Aretha Franklin - Sonny & Cher and more

* "Mr. Bojangles" song release - Jerry Jeff Walker



The back page has a 6 x 4 inch advertisement for "Soul Together" benefit concert for Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial f... See More  

Voice of the Nation of Islam... Muhammad Ali...

MUHAMMAD SPEAKS, Chicago, Illinois, February 23, 1968 This newspaper was one of the most widely-read ever produced by an African American organization. Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad began the publication on May 1960 as a weekly publication. It was distributed nationwide by the Nation Of Islam and covered current events around the world as well as relevant news in African American communit... See More  

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)

Complete with 20 pages, light toning and as little wear at the ... See More  

Automobile Show at Madison Square Garden....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 20, 1906  Front page illustration "The Busy Showman. - I. " by W. A. Rogers; "Commemorating the Nation's Birth" by Charles W. Tyler; "The Presidential Election in France" by Ernest Dimnet; a double-page illustration of "The Automobile Show at the Madison Square Garden" by The Kinneys; and ph... See More  

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  

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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Martin Luther King Jr.'s mother slain...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 1, 1974 



* Alberta Williams King killed 

* Martin Luther King Jr. mother 

* Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov defects 



The front page has a four column headline: "Mother of Dr. King Is Killed in Church; Atlanta Deacon Slain; Gunman Seized" with subhead and two related photos. Much more on page 20. Loads of text here. 1st report coverage ... See More  

1933 Princess Anne, Maryland Negro lynching...

THE SCRANTON TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1933.



* George Armwood Negro lynched

* Princess Anne, Maryland

* Last lynching in the state



Page 2 has a two column photo with heading: "Victim Of Maryland Lynching" See images for brief coverage on the lynching of Negro George Armwood in Princess Anne, Maryland.

Complete with 36 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, ge... See More  

"Little Rock Nine"...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., September 5, 1957 



* Little Rock Nine - Elizabeth Eckford

* Negro students - Arkansas

* 1st Central High School entry try

* Dorothy County - civil rights pioneer

* Harry Harding High School - Charlotte NC



The front page has two, 2 column photos showing Elizabeth Eckford and Dorothy Counts with small heading: "Negro Girl Denied Admittance" with te... See More