[African Americana] [Penn, I. Garland. (1867-1930)] [Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington etc. (contributors)]
The Afro-American Press and its Editors
8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece and a profusion of additional portrait plates. 549 pages, 7 pages of plates; index pages 557-565, plus advertisements. Fully rebound in crimson percaline with partial original decoratively stamped black, crimson and gold front cloth binding integrated to front board. A bit musty, scattered foxing and light stains/toning around edges, 4 leaves with a cup base moisture stain, extensive abrasions and small tears to the foredge, but only very slightly sometimes affecting the page margins themselves.An exceptional reference with portraits of the African American press's most important figures, this volume records an important history of African-American newspapers beginning in 1827 and continuing through to the book's publication. Penn was an educator, editor and author and the book contains over 70 biographical sketches of other editors and journalists, in many cases who were themselves also activists and reformers like Frederick Douglass, and including a separate chapter dedicated to female African American journalists, and essays on the state of the Black press and its relationship to "Anglo-Saxon" newspapers. Rare. (21430)
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