'Upward Path: A Reader for Colored Children' is a groundbreaking anthology published in 1920 that aimed to provide African American children with stor...
Elizabeth Ross Haynes's "Unsung Heroes" is a collection of 17 biographies of prominent African Americans, many of whom were less recognized in 1921....
''Conquest'' by Oscar Micheaux is a semi-autobiographical novel that delves into the experiences of an African-American man navigating the challenges...
At the Closed Gate of Justice is a collection of poems by James David Corrothers, an African-American poet, journalist, and minister. The poems explor...
This book presents Frederick Douglass's powerful speech delivered at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington D.C., on Apr...
Published in the early 20th century, 'Jim Crow Car' by Reverend John Clay Coleman offers a firsthand account of the oppressive Jim Crow era in the Ame...
“Lamp of Wisdom” by William H. Councill, a former slave and a contemporary of Booker T. Washington, delves into the history of the African American co...
This volume compiles a series of first-hand accounts of slavery in North Carolina, as told by former slaves themselves. The narratives were collected...
