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(RACE HISTORY.) WOOD-
SON, CARTER G.
Dear Co-worker.
This is merely to remind you that
during NEGRO HISTORY WEEK
we are calling on the people
throughout the country to make a
contribution.
Typed Letter Signed, on
Journal of Negro History letterhead.
Woodson’s original letter for reproduc-
tion and distribution; some wear, creases
where folded; one small closed tear.
Washington, DC, 11 February 1933
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Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950), the inex-
haustible director and editor of the Journal of
Negro History, was also the editor and pub-
lisher of Associated Publishers, as well as a
prolific author, lecturer and Civil Rights
activist. Woodson typed up this appeal for
funds, and probably had the printers at the
Journal copy and print up a quantity of copies
for mailing to members of the ASNLH.
Woodson, proposes that schools, churches and colleges all pay different amounts according to their vari-
ous abilities—“This will not be a hardship for any one,” and “as the circular herewith enclosed (not
present) will show, you have now the opportunity to help us to help ourselves.”
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(RACISM—HUMOR.) CLAY, E. W.
”Well Brudder what ‘fect you tink
Morgan’s deduction gwang to hab” * “Shall I hab de Honor to dance de next
quadrille.”
Two hand-colored engravings, 6 x 5
1
/
2
and 7
1
/
2
x 6 inches; some overall light
discoloration; margins close to plate impressions.
Philadelphia: E W. Clay, circa 1828-1830
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E.W. Clay’s racist caricatures were an instant hit, both here and across the Atlantic, where Treagar,
Summers and other houses began to both copy and invent their own caricatures.