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(BUSINESS.) GASTON, A.G.
Composite photograph of the gradu-
ating class of 1949 posed with A.G.
Gaston.
11 x 14 inches, matted and
framed.
Birmingham, Alabama, 1949
[400/600]
A.G. Gaston (1892-1996) was an enor-
mously successful
African American
businessman and civil rights advocate who
played a significant role in de-segregating
Birmingham, Alabama. He is pictured here
with a class from one of several schools he
founded. Another Civil Rights activist, Charles
Billops is also in the photograph.
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(BUSINESS DIRECTORIES.)
CANNON, ESSIE W.
1958-1959 Negro
Directory of the Niagara Frontier.
100 pages. Illustrations. 8vo, original pic-
torial stiff paper wrappers, tips rubbed.
Buffalo: Niagara Negro sales Service, 1958
[350/500]
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AND ONLY
DIRECTORY ISSUED
.
OCLC LOCATES ONLY
FOUR COPIES
.
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