Historic Newspapers: Black Americana
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Item #719148THE SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES, New York, May 15, 1857 Pages 2 and 3 have significant coverage of the 24th anniversary gathering of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among the speakers were William Lloyd Garrison (President), Wendell Phillips, Frances Ellen Watkins (a free negro woman), William Wells Brown (a... Read full description -
Item #700777FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Maryland, Dec. 16, 1796
* President George Washington
* Retirement from public service
The front page includes 18 illustrated ship advertisements.
Page 3 has a letter signed in type: George Washington, in response to another letter about his retirement from public... Read full description -
Item #699702NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 28, 1859 The top of the front page has some nice column heads on the Harper's Ferry insurrection: "The Harper's Ferry Outbreak" "The Trial of John Brown, Charged with Insurrection, Treason and Murder" "The Testimony of the Witnesses Against the Prisoner" "Confession... Read full description -
London terrorrist bombings... Disney's feud...
Item #707217LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 9, 2005
* Edward "Eddie" Smith - co-founder of the Black Stuntmen's Association
* Al Loving - African American abstract expressionist painter
* Day-2 reports - London Bombings by Islamic terrorists
* Disney feud settled
The "Obituaries" have the death reports of two prominent Black... Read full description -
Item #694444DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 6, 1865 A wonderful issue from late in the war, from a period it is typically difficult to find Confederate newspapers.
The prime content is the reporting of the Thirteenth Amendment prohibiting slavery. Page 2 has: "Passage of the Bill Abolishing Slavery in... Read full description -
Item #723372THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 13, 1928 (new discovery - read backgrounds 1 and 2 below)
* Death report of Lewis H. Latimer
* Member of the Edison Pioneers
* Credited for drawing plans for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone
Page 29 has a 2-paragraph obituary headed: "LEWIS H. LATIMER DEAD", which... Read full description -
Item #668656THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE London, April, 1788
* Botany Bay, Australia - Admiral Arthur Phillip
* Northern plantations act to discourage the slave trade
Within is a report concerning Commodore Phillips at Botany Bay reading: "The Botany fleet arrived at the Cape on the 13th of October, after a passage from Rio de Janeiro of... Read full description -
Item #697234THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Sept. 29, 1864
* Rare Confederate publication
* Origin of the American Civil War
Among the front page reports on the Civil War are: "Results of the Summer Campaign" "Hood's New Movement" "From the Georgia Front--Affairs at Atlanta" "Latest From the... Read full description -
Item #697378THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Nov. 4, 1864
* Capture of Plymouth, North Carolina
* From the origin of the Confederacy
Among the front page reports on the Civil War are: "Petersburg" "Secret Sessions" "From Our Army In Tennessee" "From Sherman's Army--Sherman's Position" "From the... Read full description -
Item #691360NEW-YORK TIMES, May 22, 1860
* Abraham Lincoln accepts presidential nomination
* Republican National Convention in Chicago
Page 4 has a report with column heads: "The Republican Candidate for the Presidency" "Hon. Abram Lincoln Accepts The Chicago Nomination" being a very... Read full description -
Item #713804DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 25, 1863
* Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
* From the capital of the Confederacy
The front page has: "Our Fredericksburg Letter" "The Second Day of the Battle of Murfreesboro" which is over two columns of detailed reporting. Also on the ftpg: "Latest News From the North"... Read full description -
Item #705928ATLANTA DAILY WORLD, Georgia, April 10, 1968
* Martin Luther King Jr. funeral w/ photos
* In a famous African American publication
* From the city where his service took place
This is the oldest African-American newspaper in Atlanta.
Great to have this banner headline above the masthead: "150,000... Read full description -
Item #709058NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1868
* North Carolina ratifies 14th Constitution Amend.
* Very 1st African American Lt. Governor in U.S.
Page 5 has: "PROCLAMATION - The President Declares the Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by North Carolina" signed in type: Andrew Johnson.
This was one of the... Read full description -
Item #694607THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, March 18, 1877
* Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
* U.S. Marshall nomination
* First African American
* District of Columbia
The front page has two small & somewhat inconspicuous reports--yet which are very notable in African-American history.
Near... Read full description -
Item #708099THE NEW YORK TIMES., Aug. 11, 1962
* Albany Georgia civil rights rally - prayer
* Martin Luther King Jr. arrest and jail release
* Desegregation and voters' rights movement
The front page has a one column heading: "DR. KING IS FREED; PROTESTS PUT OFF" with subheads and photo showing King and Rev. Ralph Abbernathy... Read full description -
Item #724112NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 3, 1936
* Jesse Owens shines in track & field
* Wins 1st of 4 gold medals in 100-meter
* Olympic games in Berlin Germany
* In front of Adolf Hitler & Third Reich
The front page has a three column heading: "OWENS HITS 10.3 MARK AGAIN IN 100 FINAL, METCALFE 2ND"... Read full description -
Item #703250HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 25, 1885 The full front page is: "The Late Rev. Samuel Irenaeus Prime, D.D.".
Among prints inside are a halfpg: "The New Bridge Over the Alabama at Selma"; a nearly full page by Thomas Nast: "The 'Practical' Politician's Love for the Negro"; a fullpg: "Fireworks at... Read full description -
Item #689975NEW YORK HERALD, July 24, 1865
* President Brigham Young
* Sign from God on polygamy
* Mormons - Mormonism
The bottom of page 4 has a very curious article: "Brigham Young--A New Revelation On Polygamy" which notes: "It is reported that Brigham Young, the Prophet, High Priest and Grand Turk of Great Salt... Read full description -
Item #690855THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1957
* Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers
* 1st Negro MLB baseball player (retirement)
Pages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 contain an excellent very exhaustive report on Jackie Robinson's decision to retire from baseball, much to the disappointment of the N.Y. Giants to whom he was to be sold.
Just... Read full description -
Item #704637THE DAILY PROGRESS, Raleigh, North Carolina, Feb. 3, 1865
* Rare Confederate publication
* Final months of the Civil War
Raleigh was one of the last major cities of the South to fall into the hands of Sherman, surrendering on April 13, 1865, just one day before Lincoln was assassinated. This rare Confederate title is from... Read full description -
Item #175954HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 22, 1894 Full ftpg. is a dramatic cavalry charge showing one soldier: 'Down!'. Fullpg. view of : 'The New Public Library, Boston' & 'Midsummer Jinks of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco in the Redwoods'. Nice dblpgctrfld: 'U.S. Senate in Session'. Two Remington soldier prints.
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Item #680662THE 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". Brief but historic coverage on Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. A historic report in both... Read full description -
Item #695984SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the The Detroit News, June 18, 1933
* Jesse Owens ties World record in High School
* East Technical High School, Cleveland, Ohio
* Soldier's Field national track meet - 100 yards dash
Page 2 of this section has a one column heading: "CLEVELAND BOY TIES DASH MARK" with subhead: "Jesse Owen... Read full description -
Item #711139THE NON-RESISTANT, Boston, March 24, 1841
* Rare Anti Slavery publication - slaves
* New England Non-Resistance Society
* About 20 years prior to the Civil War
This is a quite uncommon anti-slavery newspaper with an interesting history.
As Wikipedia notes: "The New England Non-Resistance Society was an... Read full description -
Item #704736SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, California, Aug. 4, 1936 The bottom of the front page has a bordered report "Olympics" beginning; "Jesse Owens, American Negro, won the Olympic 100 meter final today..." with more.
The front page of the sports section has much on the Olympics in Berlin, Germany, including a banner headline:... Read full description -
Item #676470THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, August, 1741
* New York Conspiracy of 1741
* Slaves - Slavery insurrection
Within this issue is an article: "Of the Office of Auditor of the Revenue in America" which includes: "I am a native of New England & having read in your paper...The state of importance of the American colonies is so... Read full description -
Item #688598CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 4, 1931
* 1931 Chicago housing protests
* Eviction of Diana Gross - Negro
* Africans Americans vs. police
* Unemployment - Great Depression
The front page has a nice banner headline: "REDS RIOT; 3 SLAIN BY POLICE" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. A few related photos are on the back page. Great... Read full description -
Item #691526DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 12, 1864
* re. Abraham Lincoln 2nd election victory
A wealth of war-related reports on the front page including: "THE WAR NEWS" with subheads: "From Petersburg--From the Valley--Georgia". Also: "The Yankee Presidential Elections" notes frustration... Read full description -
Item #716450FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Jan. 14, 1871
* Joseph Rainey sworn in w/ illustration
* 1st African American to serve in U.S. Congress
Inside has a nice pint captioned: "Hon. J. H. Rainey, The First Colored American Representative--from a Photograph by Brady". There is a... Read full description -
Item #695475THE 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... Read full description -
Item #176056HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 14, 1895 Full front pg. illus. of "Wasting Spite on Waring." Inside is a full pg. with six illus. of "With the World's Transportation Commission in India - The Great Military Railway." Four illus. of Libraries in the West.
Most of a doublepage centerfold shows: "General... Read full description -
Item #719846THE NILES WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 14, 1826
* Maryland Jew Bill becomes law
Under the heading "Maryland" is a very nice, editorialized report acknowledging the very recent approval of the "Jew Bill" which allowed--for the first time--Jews to hold public office in the state of Maryland.
The report reads... Read full description -
Item #172952HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 6, 1866 Full front page print: 'The Last Chattel' shows an elderly Black man looking over the ruins of his home.
The doublepage centerfold is: "Emigration to Washington Territory of 400 Women on the Steamer Continental" which has five scenes. Also a fullpg: "Map of... Read full description -
Item #697661THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Oct. 6, 1864
* Rare Confederate publication
* Origin of the American Civil War
Among the front page reports on the Civil War are: "Vice President Stephens and Reconstruction" "Letter from Richmond" "Affairs on Morris Island--A Yankee Description of the 'Pen' and... Read full description -
Item #699115THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Sept. 5, 1765 Pages 1 and 2 have reports headed: "America" with Charleston datelines. The first report is quite notable, as it is a very early reference to the importation of slaves.
It reads: "The value of the negroes imported into this province since the passing of the act for laying an... Read full description -
Item #696996NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 19, 1828
* Charles Carroll of Carrollton
* Declaration of Independence signer
The front page has: "Charles Carroll" which gives details of the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence presenting a copy of The Declaration to the mayor of New York City, along... Read full description -
Item #701536COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, May 17, 1794
* President George Washington
* French officer Louis de Tousard
The front page begins with an Act of Congress, giving a pension for life to Lt. Col. Tousard. It is signed in script type by the President: Go. Washington.
Louis de Tousard was a French artillerist who... Read full description -
Item #678283THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 3, 1942
* Odell Waller final words
* Battle of El Alamein
* World War II Egypt
Page 19 has the final words of Odell Waller, an African-American sharecropper from Gretna, Virginia, executed for the fatal shooting of his white landlord (source wiki). Additionally, the front page has a five column headline: ... Read full description -
Item #712684THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 28, 1953
* Milt Campbell, future Olympic decathlon gold medal winner
* Already an Olympic silver medalist
*Competes in regional high school championships
Page 11 has: "CAMPBELL CAPTURES TWO NEWARK EVENTS", followed by a few paragraphs of text which includes in part: ... Read full description -
Item #172490HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 3, 1861 The front page features two prints on the Civil War, captioned: "The Death of the Rebel General Garnett, at the Battle of Laurel Hill" and "Bringing in the Misses Scott as Prisoners to Fall's Church, Va." with a related article.
Inside includes a print of "Major-General... Read full description -
Item #697002NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 19, 1828
* Charles Carroll of Carrollton
* Declaration of Independence signer
The front page has: "Charles Carroll" which gives details of the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence presenting a copy of The Declaration to the mayor of New York City, along... Read full description -
Item #175592HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 4, 1891 Full front page Frederic Remington print: "Big Fishing--Indians Hauling Nets On Lake Nepigon". Inside is a half page "The Government's Exhibit at the Columbian Exposition"; 1/4 page "The Government Building for the Columbian Exposition"; a... Read full description -
Item #708192NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord, May 20, 1839
* Formal Recognition of Sovereignty
* Van Buren’s "Good Faith" Warning
The front page has: "By the President of the United States of America - A PROCLAMATION" with ther preamble noting: "Whereas a... Read full description -
Item #694574THE DAILY JOURNAL, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, Aug. 11, 1891
* Frederick Douglass resignation
* Ambassador to Haiti - Hayti
* Abolitionist - social reformer
The top of page 3 has a print of: "Frederick Douglass" and a report headed: "Ministerial Changes" "Fred Douglass... Read full description -
Item #697574THE AMERICAN, Washington, D.C., Sept. 3, 1884 This was the newspaper of the American political party. Their platform is found on page 4 and includes in part: "That ours is a Christian and not a heathen nation, and that the God of the Christian scriptures is the author of civil government...That God requires and man... Read full description -
Item #645256HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 1, 1879 The full ftpg. is a Thomas Nast political cartoon showing Blacks & captioned: "The Next Debut - Now Let General M.C. Butler, of South Carolina, Show How Bulldozing Is Done."
Prints inside include a halfpg: "The Avery Institute, Charleston, S.C."; a fullpg:... Read full description -
Item #704483NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 21, 1846 The front page has an editorial concerning the Mexican War: "Shall We Have Peace or War?" Page 3 has a report: "Slavers Captured" being an account of the capture of the slave ships Panther, Patuxent, and Pons. Note that... Read full description -
Item #686238This issue is being offered as a piece of history. Issues with content related to the numerous atrocities perpetrated upon humanity during this era help to verify what some feebly attempt to deny. It's interesting to note that many such reports never made it to the front page... and in the case of numerous newspapers...... Read full description -
Item #177031HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 10, 1900 Full page Remington: "The War In South Africa - A Close Call For Rimington's Scouts". Doublepage centerfold illustration "Lincoln's Address At Gettysburg, November 19, 1863". This also contains numerous news articles of the day. See photos for full details. -
Item #722086THE DAILY GEORGIAN, Savannah, June 5, 1840
* Very rare publication
* Antebellum periodical
* 21 years prior to Civil War
Rarely do we find antebellum newspapers from Savannah, but here is one. Various news of the day and ads, including at least one front page runaway slave ad plus an ad headed: "Cotton... Read full description
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