Author: (Whitman, Walt). Miller, Kelly. Title: What Walt Whitman Means to the Negro.
Description: Philadelphia, PA: Walt Whitman Fellowship. 1895. 1895. Philadelphia, PA: Walt Whitman Fellowship. 1895. 1895. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored printed self-wrappers. Pages 31-42. The edges of a few pages are faintly darkened. Else, a near fine partially unopened copy. First separate printing. "Walt Whitman Fellowship Papers: Second Year: 10. Philadelphia, November 1895". This address, which was the first notable comment by an African American about Whitman's significance, was delivered by Kelly at the Fellowship's Annual Meeting on May 31st 1895. It was originally published in July in the Conservator, a journal published by Horace Traubel who was instrumental in setting up the Fellowship. Scientist Kelly Miller [1863-1939] was an African American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author. He was an important figure in the intellectual life of black America for close to half a century. Rare in commerce. Very good .
Keywords: BLACK STUDIES; AMERICAN LITERATURE; AMERICAN POET; SPEECH; ADDRESS; AFRICAN AMERICAN SCIENTIST; AFRICAN AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN; BLACK INTELLECTUAL; KELLY MILLER; WHAT WALT WHITMAN MEANS TO THE NEGRO; WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP PAPERS: SECOND YEAR: 10; HORACE
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 99762
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