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1948 Reginald Weir... 1st black in U.S. Open tennis...
Item #594324
March 12, 1948
THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1948
* Reginald Weir - African American
* 1st black in U.S. Open tennis championship
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ARABS BLAST BLOCK OF JEWISH AGENCY; 11 KILLED, 86 HURT" "Explosive Is Believed Carried to Scene in Car Stolen From Our Consulate General" and more.
Page 32 has a six col... See More
Ada Lois Sipuel vs. Supreme Court ruling...
Item #590469
January 13, 1948
THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 13, 1948
* Ada Lois Sipuel - Supreme Court ruling (1st report)
* Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma
* Law school for African Americans
This 52 page newspaper has a two column headline near the bottom of the front page: "Supreme Court Orders Oklahoma to Admit a Negro to Law School". Text continues on the back page (p. 52) with a one c... See More
New York Yankees Win the World Series... First to include an African-American...
Item #658950
October 07, 1947
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct.7, 1947
* New York Yankees Win World Series (Champions)
* First World Series to include an African American
* Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers
The front page of section 2 (sports) has a banner headline: "YANKEES WIN SERIES; MacPHAIL RETIRES" with subheads, related photos and box scores. Another related photo on the back page. This was the first ... See More
First World Series to include African American comes to close...
New York Yankees Win World Series...
Item #601852
October 07, 1947
THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1947
* New York Yankees Win World Series
* First World Series to include an African American
* Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers
The sport's section (page 14) has a six column headline:
"N.Y. Pitching, Hitting, Deciding Factor"
with subheads, related photo and box scores. This was the first World Series to incl... See More
Dan Bankhead: first Negro Major League pitcher...
Item #548628
August 27, 1947
THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 27, 1947 This 46 page newspaper has a five column headline on page 27: "Pirates Rout Dodgers on 20-Hit Attack," with subheads that includes: "Bankhead Hits Home Run" "But Negro Pitcher Is Routed With Gregg--Ostermueller Triumphs on Mound," and more with related photos, one showing Bankhead crossing home plate after home run. Box scores... See More
Willard Brown 1st black AL homerun.
Item #568969
August 14, 1947
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 14, 1947 This 48 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 30: "BROWNS DOWN TIGERS AFTER 7-1 SETBACK" with box scores. (see)
Tells of negro player Willard Brown becoming the first black player to hit a home run in the American League. Nice to have in this famous NYC title.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise in goo... See More
Willard Brown 1st black American League Home Run...
Item #569380
August 14, 1947
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 14, 1947 This 48 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 30: "BROWNS DOWN TIGERS AFTER 7-1 SETBACK" with box scores. (see)
Tells of negro player Willard Brown becoming the first black player to hit a home run in the American League. Nice to have in this famous NYC title.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise ... See More
Jackie Robinson receives hate mail....
Item #648356
May 10, 1947
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1947
* Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers
* 1st Negro MLB baseball player
The sport's section (page 16) has one column headings: "ROBINSON REVEALS WRITTEN THREATS" Dodgers' Negro Star Told in Anonymous Letters to 'Get Out of Baseball'" See images for text here. This event was mentioned in the blockbuster movie "42". Always... See More
Jackie Robinson's 1st MLB home run...
Item #651803
April 19, 1947
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 19. 1947
* Jackie Robinson's 1st home run
* 1st Negro in Major league baseball
* Brooklyn Dodgers "The Bums"
The sport's section (page 14) has a one column heading: "Giants Hot Six Homers, Win 10-4" Text includes: "....Negro Infielder Jackie Robinson of the Brooks hit a homer for the Dodgers..." This was in fact Robi... See More
Jackie Robinson gets 1st hit in MLB...
Item #658902
April 18, 1947
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 18, 1947
* Jackie Robinson gets 1st hit in MLB
* 1st Negro baseball player
* Texas City explosion disaster
Page 29 has a one column heading: "Rookie Helps Dodgers Cuff Braves, 12-6" with box scores. Text includes: "Infielder Jackie Robinson collected his first safety in a National league game..." (see) This was Robinson's first ever... See More
Jackie Robinson's first regular-season game... Auschwitz commander hung...
Item #646108
April 16, 1947
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, April 16, 1947
* Jackie Robinson breaks racial barrier
* 1st regular season baseball game
* Texas City disaster (1st report)
Page 7 has the historic report of Jackie Robinson's first Major League regular season game. The brief note includes: "Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn's Negro first baseman, and the first of his race to
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* Jackie Robinson breaks racial barrier
* 1st regular season baseball game
* Texas City disaster (1st report)
Page 7 has the historic report of Jackie Robinson's first Major League regular season game. The brief note includes: "Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn's Negro first baseman, and the first of his race to
Jackie Robinson' & Hank Greenberg debut in the Major Leagues...
Item #666076
April 16, 1947
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 16, 1947
* Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier
The sports page has a report on the Jackie Robinson's debut in the Major League regular season. He had made a public debut game on April 11th, however that was a pre-season game.
The top of page 33 has a one column heading: "ROBINSON FAILS AT PLATE, BUT DODGERS WIN, 5-3" with subhead: "... See More
Pickens, North Carolina Negro lynching...
Item #569665
February 18, 1947
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, February 18, 1947
* Willie Earle, Pickens NC lynching
This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 9: "PRISONER LYNCHED IN SOUTH CAROLINA" "Taken From Jail by 25 Armed Men, He is Stabbed and Shot and Body Left by Roadside" and more. (see)
Tells of the lynching of negro Willie Earle in Pickens, North Carolina.
Oth... See More
1947 Greenville, South Carolina Negro lynching...
Item #658333
February 18, 1947
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 18, 1947
* Lynching of Willie Earle
* Greenville, South Carolina
The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "UNMASKED MOB LYNCHES NEGRO HOLDUP SUSPECT" with subhead and small related map. (see) First report coverage on the lynching of Willie Earle at Greenville, South Carolina.
Complete with all 38 pages, light toning at the margins, small libr... See More
Monroe GA lynchings...
Item #584716
July 27, 1946
THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, July 27, 1946.
* Roger Malcolm & George Dorsey w/ wives
* Monroe GA Georgia negro massacre (1st report)
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Mob of White Men Slaughter Four Negroes", "Two Women Victims; Georgia Lynching Follows Stabbing". 1st report coverage of the murder lynchings of four Negr... See More
Ernest Thomas lynchings...
Item #578257
July 26, 1946
THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, July 26, 1946
* Roger Malcolm & George Dorsey with wives
* Monroe, Georgia negro massacre
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines page 25: "Mob Slays 4 Negroes" and "Victims Are Waylaid at Bridge in Georgia" which tells of the murder lynchings of 4 Negroes in Monroe, Georgia.
Other news of the day. This rag edition is in very n... See More
Boxer Jack Johnson Death...
Item #580786
June 11, 1946
EVENING CHRONICLE, Allentown, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1946
* Heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson...
* Death report... 1st report...
This 24 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 16: "Jack Johnson, First Negro Heavy Champ, Killed in Auto Crash" (see photos for text here).
Other news of the day including period advertising. This issue has small bind... See More
Negro boxer Jack Johnson Death...
Item #659872
June 11, 1946
NEW YORK TIMES, June 11, 1946
* Heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson...
* Death report... 1st report...
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading that announces: "Jack Johnson Dies in Auto Crash; Ex-Heavyweight Champion Was 68" Quite a detailed report concluding on the back page with photo of Johnson.
Other news, sports and advertisements of th... See More
Jackie Robinson baseball debut...
Item #595296
April 19, 1946
THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1946
* Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier
* Baseball debut (1st report)
Page 12 has a small one column headline: "Robinson Has Field Day In Making Debut"
See photo for brief but historic coverage on Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. A historic report in both baseball and black americana.
Ot... See More
The Jackie Robinson of the NFL signs....
Item #660082
March 22, 1946
THE DETROIT NEWS, March 22, 1946
* Kenny Washington breaks the color barrier
* NFL football signs it's 1st African American player
* Los Angeles Rams (St. Louis)
The front page of the sport's section has a one column photo with small heading: "Signed by Rams" (see) The next page has a one column heading: "Rams Sign Negro Star" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sp... See More
Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in 1946...
Item #658734
March 18, 1946
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 18, 1946
* Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier
* Organized professional baseball 1st Negro
Although Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play a major league game in 1947, he had already broken another significant color barrier the year prior as a member of the Montreal Royals, the AAA farm team of the Dodgers. As noted in Wikipedia: &quo... See More
James T. Scales lynching... Pikeville, TN...
Item #628347
November 24, 1944
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 24, 1944
* James T. Scales, Pikeville, Tennessee lynching
* Great World War II coverage
The back page has one column headings: "YOUTH IS LYNCHED AT A REFORMATORY" "Negro Taken From Tennessee Jail and Shot After Warden's Daughter Is Slain" (see) First report coverage on the lynching of Negro teen James T. Scale... See More
Train collision in Stockton, Georgia...
Item #590419
August 06, 1944
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 6, 1944
* Stockton, Georgia
* Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
* Trains collision
This 60+ page newspaper has a somewhat discrete one column headline on page 32: "45 NEGROES KILLED IN SOUTHERN WRECK". 1st report coverage on the Stockton, Georgia train collision that killed many Negro railroad laborers.
Other news, sport... See More
Stockton, Georgia train collision...
Item #571403
August 06, 1944
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 6, 1944
* Stockton, Georgia
* Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
* Trains collision
This 60+ page newspaper has a somewhat discrete one column headline on page 32: "45 NEGROES KILLED IN SOUTHERN WRECK".
Tells of the Stockton, Georgia train collision that killed many Negro railroad laborers.
Other news of the day throug... See More
Jewish Holocaust... Nazi atrocities... Cold-blooded murder...
Item #653747
June 04, 1944
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 4, 1944 Page 6 has one column headlines: "POLE SAYS NAZIS PLAN SLAVE TOWN," "Reports 75,000-Acre Plot in Poland Even Contains Permanent Factories".
Page 4 has a one column headline: "Senators Appeal on Hungary's Jews" with subhead:"Foreign Relations Committee Pleads with People to Stop 'Cold-Blooded Murder' ".... See More
United Negro College Fund founded....
Item #640674
May 01, 1944
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 1, 1944
* UNCF founded
* United Negro College Fund starts
Page 17 has brief, discrete but eventful article with one column headings: "Drive To Open Wednesday" "United Negro College Fund Seeks to Raise $1,500,000" See image for text here.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 34 pages, rag edition, light staining on front p... See More
Major Jimmy Stewart, pilot in World War II...
Item #639505
April 14, 1944
NEW YORK TIMES, April 14, 1944
* Jimmy Stewart as a World War II pilot
* American Hollywood movie actor
Page 3 has a small, rather inconspicuous report of famed actor Jimmy Steward co-piloting a Liberator plane over Germany. Headed: "Stewart Co-Pilot in New Attack" it includes: "Maj. Jimmy Stewart, former film star, led one group of Liberators over Oberpfaffenhof... See More
Charlie Chaplin...
Item #547027
February 15, 1944
PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated February 15, 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "Poles Backing Down Before Soviet" "Hearst Cries Out For Disunity" "Negro Fliers Helped Hold Bridgehead Below Rome" "lewis' Stooge Tells GOP Lewis Can Be Had". The paper features other war news and stories of the day.
This also features an article on Charlie Chaplin be... See More
Item #546577
January 20, 1944
PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated January 20. 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "Answering Stimson oOn Labor and the War" "Russians Blast - Nazis at Leningrad & 'Appeasers' in U.S., Britain" "Higher Food Prices" "Bolivian Riddle" "The Negro Seeks Equality - A Tale of Four Cities". The paper features other war news and stories of the day.... See More
Jazz Pianist Thomas Fats Waller Death In 1943...
Item #553785
December 16, 1943
NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, December 16, 1943
* Jazz Pianist
* Thomas 'Fats' Waller death
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 27: "T. W. (FATS) WALLER PIANIST, COMPOSER", "Noted Negro Artist of Stage, Screen and Radio Dies on Train at Age 39'.
Includes a one column photo of Waller. Other news of the day throughout.
Ink is very lite in the
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* Jazz Pianist
* Thomas 'Fats' Waller death
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 27: "T. W. (FATS) WALLER PIANIST, COMPOSER", "Noted Negro Artist of Stage, Screen and Radio Dies on Train at Age 39'.
Includes a one column photo of Waller. Other news of the day throughout.
Ink is very lite in the
Jazz Pianist Thomas "Fats" Waller Death...
Item #659615
December 16, 1943
NEW YORK TIMES, December 16, 1943
* American jazz pianist & composer
* Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller death
Page 27 has one column headings: "T. W. (FATS) WALLER PIANIST, COMPOSER" "Noted Negro Artist of Stage, Screen and Radio Dies on Train at Age 39" with one column photo of Waller. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported i
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* American jazz pianist & composer
* Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller death
Page 27 has one column headings: "T. W. (FATS) WALLER PIANIST, COMPOSER" "Noted Negro Artist of Stage, Screen and Radio Dies on Train at Age 39" with one column photo of Waller. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported i
Detroit race riots....
Item #581085
June 22, 1943
WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, Wilmington, North Carolina, June 22, 1943 This 10 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "DETROIT PLACED UNDER ARMY LAW" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much on World War II. Light browning, little margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Detroit Race Riot broke out i... See More
Willie Vinson lynching... Racial riots occuring in Beaumont, Texas...
Item #651414
June 17, 1943
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 17, 1943
* Beaumont, Texas racial riots
* Marianna, Florida negro lynching
The back page has two column headings: "Texas City Under Martial Law As Races Clash in Beaumont Riots" "Negro's Attack on Woman Starts Violence in Which White Man Is Killed and Work at Shipyard Halted"
Also a small one column heading: "Florida Prisoner... See More
Rare baseball Negro League reporting....
Item #648587
May 17, 1943
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 17, 1943
* New York Black Yankees vs. Cubans
* Rare Negro League baseball reporting
The sport's section (page 19) has one column headings: "CUBANS TURN BACK BLACK YANKEES, 10-2" "Capture Negro League Opener, Then Battle to 5-5 Tie" See photos for text and score graph here. Uncommon to find reporting on the less popular Negro Leagues durin... See More
Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake Lamotta...
Item #621748
February 06, 1943
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, February 6, 1943
* Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake Lamotta
* 2nd fight - Robinson's 1st ever loss
* Boxing - Boxers
This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 9: "ROBINSON WIN STRING BROKEN" and "La Motta Floors Negro as He Takes Decision". This was the famous second fight in which LaMotta beat Robinson.
Other news, sports... See More
George Washington Carver death in 1943...
Item #658436
January 06, 1943
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 6, 1943
* Dr. George Washington Carver death
* Black scientist & educator
* Born into slavery
The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "CARVER, SLAVE WHO BECAME A SCIENTIST, DIES" with subhead and small photo of Carver. First report coverage on the death of George Washington Carver.
Complete with all 30 pages, light toning at the margins, s... See More
Death of George Washington Carver...
Item #553138
January 06, 1943
THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 6, 1943
* Death of Dr. George Washington Carver
This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 25 that include: "DR. CARVER IS DEAD; NEGRO SCIENTIST", "Son of Slave Parents Who Made Experiments as Member of Tuskegee Faculty" and more. Included is a one column photo of him.
Slightly browned with minor margin wear, otherwise in nice co... See More
1942 Howard Wash lynching... Laurel, Mississippi....
Item #675319
October 18, 1942
CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, October 18, 1942
* Howard Wash, Laurel, Mississippi lynching
The front page has a one column heading: "New Lynching in Mississippi; Trio Arrested" (see) Page 2 has a small related map. First report coverage on the lynching of negro Howard Wash in Laurel, Mississippi.
Complete 1st section only with 22 pages, light toning at the margins, some small bin... See More
Charlie Lang and Ernest Green double-lynching...
Item #569592
October 13, 1942
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 13, 1942 This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 25: "2 Negro Boys Lynched" "Victims, 14, Accused of Attacking Girl, Hanged in Mississippi".
Tells of the lynching of two negro boys in Shubuta, Mississippi which is near Meridian.
Other news of the day throughout including much on World War II. Light browning, othe... See More
Willie Vinson lynching...
Item #569594
July 13, 1942
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.
Light browning, otherwise in good condition... See More
Item #545946
May 10, 1942
PM SUNDAY, New York, N.Y., dated May 10, 1942.
Headlines on the frontpage read "What's Coming? - An Answer by Vice President Wallace" "Our Sea Attack Will Continue - Gen. Mac Arthur" "Jean Muir Demands Fair Deal For Negro Themes in Movies". The paper features other war news and stories of the day.
This is a complete issue in two-sections and is in nice conditi... See More
Cleo Wright lynching...
Item #569590
January 26, 1942
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 26, 1942
* Cleo Wright, Sikeston, Missouri lynching
* Great World War II coverage
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 17: "NEGRO IS LYNCHED BY MISSOURI CROWD" and "Suspected of Attempting Attack on White Woman, He is Seized in Invasion of Jail".
Tells of the lynching of negro Cleo Wright in Sikeston, Missouri.
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A newspaper for the African-American community...
Item #662559
January 11, 1941
THE AFRO-AMERICAN, Baltimore, Jan. 11, 1941 Rather rare that we receive issues of this newspaper published for the African-American community in the Baltimore vicinity.
As would be expected, the vast majority of the content is focused on African-American achievements, news, and day-to-day news items.
Complete in 24 pages, formatted much like all newspapers of the era. Good condition.... See More
A newspaper for the African-American community...
Item #662981
January 11, 1941
THE GAZETTE, Cleveland, Ohio, July 3, 1941 Rather rare that we receive issues of newspapers published for the African-American community in the Cleveland vicinity. Near the top of page 2 is: "The Gazette is the oldest, and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper i the interest of Afro-Americans, published in the state of Ohio...".
As would be expected, ... See More
"Cabin in the Sky" premiere review....
Item #661458
October 26, 1940
THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 26, 1940
* Cabin in the Sky 1st review
* Broadway musical w/ Ethel Waters
This 36 page newspaper has the very 1st review of the all black cast Broadway musical "Cabin in the Sky"
Page 19 has a heading: "Ethel Waters Heads Players of 'Cabin in the Sky,' a Musical Fantasy With a Negro Cast" with photo of Waters and list of cast (see ima... See More
Debut of Sugar Ray Robinson...
Item #661000
October 05, 1940
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 5, 1940
* Sugar Ray Robinson's debut pro fight
* Madison Square Garden
This 30 page newspaper has a historic report in boxing on page 10. A night of boxing was held at Madison Square Garden which involved various fights including the main event at the end as usual which was a title fight.
One column headlines on page 10 include: "ARMSTR... See More
Austin Callaway lynching... The Blitz...
Item #629843
September 09, 1940
THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 9, 1940
* Austin Callaway, LaGrange, Georgia lynching
* The Blitz (1st Phase) (early report)
* Germany bombs London England
The front page has a nice banner headline: "MIGHTY NAZI AIR FLEETS AGAIN BOMB LONDON; DOCKS AND PLANTS HIT, FIRES RAGE, 400 DEAD; GOERING DIRECTING 'NEW PHASE OF THE WAR'" with subheads. (see) L... See More
Henry O. Flipper death...
Item #590509
May 05, 1940
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1940
* Henry Ossian Flipper death
* Former slave
* 1st black West Point graduate
This 70+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headlines on page 52: "EX-SLAVE, GRADUATE OF WEST POINT, DIES"
"Henry O. Flipper, 84, Was First Negro at the Academy". 1st report coverage on the death of the first African American to graduate from West Po... See More
Booker T. Washington... First African-American on a stamp...
Item #651779
April 08, 1940
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 8, 1940
* Booker T. Washington
* First African-American on a postage stamp
* Philatelic, stamp collecting interest
Page 21 has a report announcing what would be the first African-American to appear on a United States postage stamp, the article is headed: "Farley Sells First. B. T. Washington Stamp And Lauds 'Negro Moses' at Tuskegee." (see)... See More
1940 attempt to overthrow the U.S. government fails...
Item #656865
January 15, 1940
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Jan. 15, 1940
* Terrorist plot to overthrow the United States government
* Dramatic headline... weapons seized
* The radical group: "The Christian Front"
The front page has a 3-line banner heading: "It Didn't Happen Here! G-MEN BLAST REVOLT PLOT!," with subheads: "A Conspiracy Fails," "12 Congressmen 'Marked for Death'... See More
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