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(RACE HISTORY.) BARBER, MAX.
How They Became Distinguished. To
accompany the Picture “101 Prominent Colored People.”
97 pages, 12mo, original
printed stiff tan wrappers; some toning and small stains to rear cover.
Atlanta: Hertel Jenkens & Co, circa 1904
[400/600]
A RARE LITTLE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
created to accompany a picture of “101 Prominent
Colored People.” A copy of this composite photogravure hangs in the library of Maggie Lena Walker
Historic Site. Ms. Walker founded Richmond’s St. Luke Bank. She was the first woman in America
to found a bank, and later several other companies. She is number 94 in the picture.
ONLY ONE COPY
OF THIS BOOK IS LOCATED IN OCLC
.
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(RACE HISTORY.) RICHARD-
SON, CLEMENT; COMPILER.
The
National Cyclopedia of the Colored
Race, Volume I (all published).
Copious illustrations. 619 pages folio [12
x 8] high]; rebound in black cloth, lettered
in gilt on the spine; retaining a portion of
the original gilt lettered cover affixed to
the front cover.
Montgomery AL: National Publishing
Co., 1919
[1,000/1,500]
RARE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION
,
VOLUME
ONE THE ONLY VOLUME PUBLISHED
.
An
extraordinary undertaking, published at the end
of WWI, a signal moment for the race, with
thousands of black soldiers returning from the
war. Richardson was President of the Lincoln
Institute in Jefferson City, Missouri. A valuable
resource for biographical information not easily
found. With a four-page Index at the end,
arranged by state. Black Biographical
Dictionaries 1790-1950 page 19; not in the
Blockson Collection.