Anonymous

Tramp Art, "Return from the Honeymoon Tour

S. l. (Chicago [?]), s. n. 1881. Albumen print on a card mount, behind glass in a tramp art frame, n. d. (print ca 1881, frame ca 1900); image approx. 4 1/4 x 6, frame 6 3/4 x 8; print with a crease to upper left corner, light age-toning, and a few small spots (not examined outside of the frame); frame recto gilded, with minor flaking of paint and light dust-dulling; overall in very good condition. Originally created for Harper's Weekly by Sol Eytinge in 1878, the scene was one in a racist series of African-American caricatures, which revolved around the courtship and marriage of two women - "The Twins." Shown strolling down the street, hand in hand with their new husbands, the features and gestures of the four were greatly exaggerated, mocking their attempts at copying white society's refined manners. Around them were children, friends, and family - staring and pointing - and an older woman, leaning on a tree, almost doubled over in laughter at the spectacle. Very good .

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Book number: 002777

Catalogue: African-Americana

Keywords: Caricature, Tramp Art

Harlan, Hon. James

Shall the Territories Be Africanized? Speech of Hon. James Harlan, of Iowa. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 4, 1860

S. l. s. n. 1860. First Edition. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6; pp. [1], 2-8, unopened; self-wraps; creasing to edges and a few spots (not affecting readability); in good to very good condition. James Harlan (1820 - 1899) was a Federal Judge, US Senator from Iowa, and a Cabinet Secretary at the Department of the Interior under President Andrew Johnson. Though generally opposed to slavery, he would also be one of the leading figures of the anti-abolitionist wing of the Republican Party. His current speech outlined his negative views on "black westward expansion," whether for escaped slaves of for freedmen, and authoritatively stated that the territories to the West were only for the white race. Historically, such ideas would not be particularly shocking in Iowa and neighboring Kansas, as the Iowa Republican Party had just chosen for its 1860 campaign slogan the phrase: "We are for land for the landless, not ni*rs for the ni*rless." . Good .

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Book number: 004237

Catalogue: African-Americana

Keywords: African-Americana

New Panther Vanguard Movement

Overview of Our Philosophy and Program

Los Angeles, International Panther Headquarters, 1998. First Edition. First edition presumed, n. d. (ca 1998); 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [1], 2-15; blue pictorial wraps; illustrated with photographs, drawings, and a map; mild creasing to corners, else very minor wear; in very good to near fine condition. The New Panther Vanguard Movement (NPVM), originally known as the New African American Vanguard Movement (NAAVM), was founded in 1994 in South Central Los Angeles - in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Riots of 1992. Reuniting former Black Panther Party members and other community activists, the organization would adopt "intercommunalism" as their ideology and would draw direct inspiration from the Black Panthers of the 1960s. The movement would cease to exist in 2002. Very good .

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Book number: 004225

Catalogue: African Americana

Keywords: Social Movements, African Americana