Arthur Ashe 1st black U.S. Open tennis champ....
Item #599475
August 26, 1968
LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, August 26, 1968
* Tennis star Arthur Ashe
* 1st black to win
* US Open
Within the sport's section (page 8) is a three column heading: "1st American In 15 Years As Ashe Takes Nationals". This is 1st report coverage on Arthur Ashe becoming the first African American to win the United States Open Tennis championship.
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Negro boys reform school fire disaster....
Item #599440
March 06, 1959
THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 6, 1959
* Little Rock AR Arkansas
* Negro reform school fire disaster (1st report)
The front page has one column headings: "FIRE KILLS 21 BOYS IN REFORM SCHOOL", "47 Negroes Escape Locked Dormitory in Arkansas". This is 1st report coverage on the fire disaster at the State Training School for Delinquent Negro Boys.
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Red Hill, South Carolina Negro lynching...
Item #599206
July 28, 1876
THE DAILY JOURNAL, Wilmington, North Carolina, July 28, 1876
* Red Hill, South Carolina
* Negro lynching
An uncommon title from the South during the post Civil War reconstruction era. Contains news of the day with many interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings that include: "Lynch Law and Robbery In South Carolina" and more. 1st report c... See More
Race riot in Rolling Fork, Mississippi....
Item #599147
December 12, 1875
THE DAILY JOURNAL, Wilmington, North Carolina, December 12, 1875
* Rolling Fork, Mississippi
* Race riot - Negroes
An uncommon title from the South during the post Civil War reconstruction era. Contains news of the day with many interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings that include: "MISSISSIPPI" "Riot In Issaquena County" "More Negro Trou... See More
East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana....
Item #599087
July 28, 1875
THE DAILY JOURNAL, Wilmington, North Carolina, July 28, 1875
* East Feliciana Parish Negro uprising
An uncommon title from the South during the post Civil War reconstruction era. Contains news of the day with many interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings that include: "Threatened Uprising Of The Negroes At East Felicia" and more. 1st report coverage on a ... See More
General Scott offered command of the Rebel Army...
Item #599021
April 25, 1861
NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1861 Among the front page one column headlines are: "NEWS OF THE WAR" "Condition of Affairs at the National Capital" "The New York and Massachusetts Troops there" "Gen. Beauregard Reconnoitering" "Jeff. Davis Said to be at Richmond" "General Scott Offered Command of the Rebel Army" "The Virginians Thre... See More
Religious thoughts as the Civil War approaches... Thoughts of secession...
Item #598900
November 30, 1860
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 30, 1860
* Pre Civil War tensions
* Religious sermons
The focus of this issue is on the secession of states from the Union, and religious unity under the heading of "Thanksgiving Day". The latter topic has a variety of sermons in New York City including: "Christ's Mission" by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher; "Christian Patriotism--Sermon... See More
Springfield, Illinois race riots.... Negro lynched...
Item #598687
August 18, 1908
THE OMAHA DAILY NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, August 18, 1908
* Springfield, Illinois
* Race riots - Negroes
The front page has one column headlines: "MOB SPIRIT RULES", "Two More Victims Are Dead", "List of Fatalities Reaches Seven and Others May Die", "Further Outbreaks Feared" and more (see photos). This is coverage on the the Sp... See More
Government buys R.E. Lee's estate... Morgan's escape from jail...
Item #598603
January 20, 1864
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1864
* Rare Anti-Yankee title
* Robert E. Lee's estate
* John Morgan's escape
Among the various "Late News" on the front page is: "A sale of confiscated property in Virginia, opposite Washington, took place...The Arlington estate, thek property of Gen. Robt. E. Lee, was bought in by the government for $26,000...The Arlington... See More
South Carolina repeals secession...
Item #598509
September 20, 1865
NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 20, 1865
* Reconstruction era
Among the front page column heads are: "The Home of Secession" "Meeting of the Constitutional Convention" "The Ordinance of Secession Repealed" "Report in Favor of the Abolition of Slavery" which is a report from Columbia, S.C. also: "Trial of Capt. Wirz"
Eight pages, very nice condition.... See More
Blountstown, Florida Negro lynchings...
Item #598444
August 30, 1931
THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 30, 1931
* Richard & Charles Smoke lynching
* Blountstown, Florida
This 60+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page 16: "TWO NEGROES KILLED BY MOB IN FLORIDA" and "Lynched After Release From Prison on Bail Under Charge of Attacking Ranger". This tells of the lynching of negro brothers Charles and Richard Smoke in... See More
M.E. Norman steamboat disaster...
Item #597957
May 09, 1925
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 9, 1925
* M.E. Norman steamer disaster (1st report)
* Negro Tom Lee (hero)
* Memphis, Tennessee
The front page has one column headlines that include: "4 DEAD, 14 MISSING AS VESSEL UPSETS IN THE MISSISSIPPI", "The Norman, Carrying Mid-South Engineers, Suddenly Goes Down Near Memphis", "Many Noted Men Aboard" and m... See More
Two front page Civil War maps...
Item #597801
February 13, 1862
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Feb. 13, 1862
* Battle of Roanoke Island (2 maps)
* Ambrose Burnside & Louis M. Goldsborough
A very graphic & displayable issue, as the front page features not one but two nice maps, one captioned: "Albemarle Sound & the Point of Attack of the Federal Fleet", with related text, and the other headed: "Roanoke... See More
Victory in Kentucky... Captain Gordon does not have sentence commuted...
Item #597302
February 07, 1862
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Feb. 7, 1862 Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "War Against Treason!" "Gen. Lane's Expedition" "The Rebel Fleet In Motion" "The War In Missouri & Kentucky" "Rebel Cavalry Defeated In Kentucky" "The Attack On Ft. Henry" "Gen. Grant Returned to Paducah" and more. Also ... See More
Yankees move towards the rebel capital...
Item #597290
May 21, 1862
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, May 21, 1862 Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War are: "ON TO RICHMOND" "The Progress Towards Richmond, Virginia" "The Rebels will Defend their Capital--Their Pickets Driven in by Gen. Stoneman's Advance" "A Battle Impending" "The Emancipation Proposition In Missouri" "Late From New Orleans&... See More
Much on Black soldiers...
Item #597258
February 11, 1863
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1863
* Rare pro-South Union paper
* Negroes - soldiers - troops
Described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South", this newspaper opposed the war and attracted the hatred of the Republicans and the Lincoln administration. It insisted that slavery could not be prohibited by law. So obnoxious was this paper to Unionists... See More
1911 Coatesville PA negro lynching.....
Item #597199
August 14, 1911
THE ALLENTOWN LEADER, August 14, 1911
* Harry Atwood famous airplane flight
* Coatesville PA Pennsylvania
* Negro lynching
The front page has a one column headline: "Atwood Flying From St. Louis To New York"
Page 4 has one column headlines that include:
"NEGRO IS BURNED ALIVE"
"Coatesville Colored Man Lynched"
"Hospital Cot... See More
Sherman's advance through Georgia...
Item #596640
December 18, 1864
NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 18, 1864
* William T. Sherman's march to the sea
* Savannah GA Georgia reached
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "From Gen. Sherman" "Savannah Closely Besieged" "A Formal Demand for the Surrender of the City" "If Not Surrendered in Two Days Fire to be Opened Upon It" "The Effect of Sherman&... See More
Turn of the century....
Item #596554
July 12, 1800
WEEKLY MUSEUM, New York, July 12, 1800 Various news of the day. Page 2 has a poem titled: "The Slave". Four pages, some staining, generally good.
Slaves on a slave ship are liberated...
Item #596423
June 09, 1860
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 9, 1860
* Slavery - slaves
Page 9 has over half a column titled: "The Latest Slave Capture" which is a fascinating article on the liberation of some 450 slaves from the ship. A few bits include: "...the increasing odor placed beyond all doubt the fact that the bark had under her hatches a cargo of negroes. And now we began to hear a sort of suppressed mo... See More
Slavery... Reports on the Mexican War...
Item #596292
June 13, 1846
NEW YORK OBSERVER, June 13, 1846
* Mexican War
* The slave trade
The front page has: "Proceedings of the General Assembly" and "Discussion On The Subject of Slavery" which is quite lengthy. Page 2 has: "The Late Declaration on Slavery" and pg. 3 has; "Progress of the War--Surrender of Matamoras: Blockade of Vera Cruz--Murder of American P... See More
Slave-catching by soldiers...
Item #596252
December 13, 1861
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 13, 1861 Page 5 has: "THE WAR FOR THE UNION" "Slave-Catching by Soldiers" "The New Fugitive Slave Law" "The Confiscation Bill Safe" "The Case of Commander Poor" "Traitors in the Land Office Yet". Page 4 has: "Arming Negroes" and other war news.
Eight pages, very nice condition.
The Reconstruction...
Item #596144
July 17, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, July 17, 1865
* Early Southern reconstruction
Among the front page column heads are: "Through The South" "A Trip from Augusta, Ga. to Montgomery, Ala." "The Prospects in the Two States" "The Negro And The Crops" "Washington" "The President Overwhelmed with Visitors" and more on the Reconstruction.
Eight... See More
Front page Civil War map of Florida...
Item #595931
January 31, 1862
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, January 31, 1862
* Cedar Keys Florida
* Civil War map
The front page has a Civil War map headed: "Cedar Keys and Its Railroad Connection to Fernandina, Florida". Maps of the Civil War showing the greater portion of Florida are very uncommon. There are nice first column heads as well including: "War Against Treason!" "Rebel Steamer ... See More
Harrison accepts the Presidential nomination offer...
Item #595555
February 08, 1840
NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 8, 1840
* William Henry Harrison nomination
* Slave ship Amistad
Inside has an items on William Henry Harrison accepting his nomination for the Presidency with his letter signed in type: W.H. Harrison.
The back page has a brief item concerning the Amistad slave ship case: "The Amistad" with: "...the fact stated in this pape... See More
Negro league... Satchel Paige...
Item #595369
September 21, 1936
THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 21, 1936
* Rare Negro League baseball reporting
* Early Satchel Paige as pitcher
This 40 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 18: "Nashville Giants Score" and "Crawfords Also Win at Langford Benefit Card Before 18,000"
See photo for brief text on two Negro league baseball games. Notice the name ""Paige" as o... See More
1872 Horace Greeley death...
Item #594367
December 04, 1872
THE WORLD, New York City, December 4, 1872
* Horace Greeley death
* Liberal Republican Party founder
The front page has one column headings: "HONORS TO THE DEAD", "Forty Thousand Persons View The Remains Of Horace Greeley" and "Final Preparations For The Obsequies To-day".
Also a a lengthy report on a Negro lynching in Woodford, Kentucky (see... See More
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
Bastrop, Louisiana Negro lynching...
Item #594296
July 10, 1934
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, July 10, 1934
* Andrew McLeod negro lynching
* Bastrop, Louisiana
This 22 page newspaper has one column headings on page 3: "Attacker of Girl Lynched in South" and "300 Storm Jail and Stage Hanging". This is 1st report coverage on the lynching of Andrew McLeod in Bastrop, Louisiana.
Other news, sp... See More
Conversations of a slave and Jews...
Item #594117
March 17, 1826
BOSTON RECORDER & TELEGRAPH, March 17, 1826 The front page has: "Four Jews Converted by Reading the New Testament" (see), and page 2 includes: "Conversion of a Kentucky Slave". Four pages, very nice condition.
Fugitive slave case...
Item #593610
June 18, 1862
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 18, 1862 The front page has a report headed: "The Rendition of Nicholas Bray's Slave Woman". This is an interesting fugitive slave report, noting: "Gov. Stanly was that Bray...said that one of his female slave had been enticed away by our troops & was held against her will...the warrant empowering Bray to search for the slave was issued; she was ... See More
Planters arm their slaves...
Item #592993
March 11, 1865
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 11, 1865
* Abraham Lincoln proclamation
* Arming slaves
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Good News From Sherman!" "Sherman 40 Miles from Raleigh" "Whites & Blacks Flock to Him" "Negro Panic At Conscription" "The Planters Arm Their Slaves Against It" & more.
Also, page 4 has: ... See More
1889 Federal execution by hanging...
Item #592341
May 18, 1889
THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, May 18, 1889
* Negro hanging for murder
The front page has one column headliones: "HANGED BY THE NECK", "Nelson Colbert Executed for Killing Phillip Wentzell", "At The National Capital" and more. 1st report coverage on the federal execution of Negro, Nelson Colbert, at Washington D.C. for murder.
Other ne... See More
Arming the slaves?...
Item #592074
February 24, 1865
THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 24, 1865
* General William T. Sherman march up the coast
* Arming the slaves? South's last hope
This genuine newspaper has a wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE SOUTH", "Rebel News, Rumors and Speculations", "THE MILITARY SITUATION&... See More
Negro lynching in Henderson, Kentucky...
Item #591972
November 29, 1915
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, November 29, 1915
* Henderson, Kentucky
* Negro lynching - hanging
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3: "KENTUCKY MOB LYNCHES NEGRO", "Enters Jail by a Ruse and Swings Victim in the Public Square", "Gag Silenced Pleas For Life" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on the lynching of Negro, Ellis Buckner, at Hender... See More
Negro lynching in Braden, Tennessee...
Item #591582
October 18, 1895
ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 18, 1895
* Braden TN Tennessee
* Negro lynching
* Gruesome coverage
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "A TERRIBLE EXPIATION", "Tortured, Mutilated, Lynched and Beheaded", "Penalty Meted Out To A Negro" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on the lynchin... See More
Stephensport, Kentucky Negro lynching....
Item #591511
July 19, 1904
ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 19, 1904
* Stephensport, Kentucky
* Negro lynching
This 8 page newspaper has a small one column heading on the front page: "Negro Murderer Killed". See photo for the brief 1st report on the lynching of a Negro in Stephensport, Kentucky.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Light browning, otherwise in good cond... See More
Poplarville, MS lynching...
Item #590873
April 28, 1959
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 28, 1959
* Poplarville, Mississippi
* Negro lynching - murder
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "FBI QUIZZES STUDENTS IN LYNCH PROBE" and
"Over 60 Agents Investigating Mississippi Mob Action". This is coverage on the lynching of negro Mack Parker in Poplarville, Mississippi.... See More
Honey Grove, Texas Negro lynching...1930...
Item #590745
May 17, 1930
THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 17, 1930
* Honey Grove, Texas
* Negro lynching
This 16 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Second Negro In Texas Is Burned By Mob in Week". 1st report coverage on the lynching of Negro George (Sam?) Johnson in Honey Grove, Texas.
Other news, sports and various advertisements of the day throughout.... 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
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
Alfred Vanderbilt weds... William H Lewis being ousted out the American Bar Association...
Item #589685
March 05, 1912
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.
Another article within the issue is "Fights for Lewis" which was Attorney General Wickersham stating that... See More
Little Rock, AR lynch mob...
Item #589066
August 17, 1899
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, August 17, 1899
* Little Rock, Arkansas
* Negro attacks on women
* Lynch mob formed
This 10 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "FIVE ASSAULTS BY ONE NEGRO FIEND", "Little Rock, Ark., Is Wild Over Brutal Crimes" with subheads. See photos for text here.
Other news of the day. Light browning, minor spin... See More
1965 Watts riots.. Los Angeles CA....
Item #588783
August 17, 1965
LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, August 17, 1965
* Watts Riots
* Los Angeles, California
This 10 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Defiant Snipers, Police Duel In L.A. Negro Area"
Coverage on the Watts riots in Los Angeles California. Other news of the day.
Minor spine wear, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The rio... See More
Ocala, Florida negro lynching.....
Item #588779
November 15, 1912
VALLEY SENTINEL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1912
* Ocala FL Florida
* Negro lynching
This 8 page newspaper has one column headings on page 3: "Negro Is Lynched" and "Accused of Murder of Aged Man and His Adopted Daughter". This is a 1st report coverage of the lynching of a Freech Neals at Ocala, Florida.
Other news of the day. Usual browning with a little ma... See More
Ban of black golf players broken for the first time...
Item #588696
January 18, 1952
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, January 18, 1952
* PGA Professional Golfers Association
* Ban of black players broken for the 1st time
This 40 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 36: "Kroll Shatters Course Standard at San Diego" and "Fire Seven-Under 65 for Three-Stroke Lead; Louis Becomes First Negro to Play in PGA Event"
This was the o... See More
Hopewell, VA fire...
Item #588349
December 10, 1915
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 10, 1915
* Hopewell, Virginia fire
* Negro lynching
This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "TOWN BURNS", "FIRE IN HOPEWELL", "Blaze Starts in Restaurant--Thousands Rendered Homeless--One Negro Lynched" and more. This is a 1st report coverage of the Hopewell, Vi... See More
M.E. Norman steamboat disaster...
Item #588315
May 09, 1925
THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 9, 1925
* M.E. Norman steamer disaster (1st report)
* Negro Tom Lee (hero)
* Memphis, Tennessee
This 16 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "More Than 20 Persons Perish in River Disaster on the Mississippi; Government Steamer Capsizes" with subheads. This is a 1st report coverage on the M.E. Norman steamer sinking at ... See More
Nashville TN... reconstruction era...
Item #588154
July 29, 1866
WEEKLY PRESS AND TIMES, Nashville, Tennessee, July 29, 1866
* Uncommon title
The front page has: "Outrageous Treatment of a Freed Girl in Virginia" amongst many other articles. Inside includes: "John Brown's Body" Passage by both Houses of the Bill Admitting Nebraska into the Union" which officially happened in March, 1867; "Jeff Davis on the Manaclin... See More
1811 James Madison...
Item #588135
January 12, 1811
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 1811 As would be expected from this title, a considerable amount of reporting from Congress including all of pages 1 & 2. Pg. 3 has "An Act..." of Congress for the relief of distressed seamen, signed in type: James Madison (bit close-trimmed here: see). The back page has a "$100 Reward" ad for a runaway mulatto slave,... See More
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