[CIVIL RIGHTS]. A group of 4 pamphlets, including: WASHINGTON, Booker T. (1856-1915). The Negro and the "Solid South."

WASHINGTON, Booker T. (1856-1915). The Negro and the "Solid South". Cheyney, PA: Committee of Twelve for the Advancement of the Interests of the Negro Race, [1909?].

8vo. Original wrappers (soft vertical fold, minor toning at edges).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM of Washington's praise of The Basis of Ascendancy by Edgar Gardner Murphy, a white southern writer advocating for the two races to cooperate to improve Southern problems.

[With:] SUMNER, Charles (1811-1874). No Compromise of Human Rights. No admission in the Constitution of Inequality of Rights, or Disfranchisement on Account of color. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution, Fixing the Basis of Representation. Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1866. (Soiling, pages uncut). -- [WOODSON, Carter G. (1875-1950)]. Annual Report of the Director of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History Incorporated July 1, 1924 to June 30, 1925. Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, [1925]. (Creasing to front wrapper). -- PATERSON, William, et al. History and Proceedings Attending the Presentation of a Medal to Thomas Peterson-Mundy. Perth Amboy, NJ: H.E. PIckersgill, 1935. Reprint edition. A pamphlet originally published in 1884 to honor Thomas Mundy Peterson, who was acknowledged as the first African American to vote under the provisions of the 15th Amendment. -- Together, 3 pamphlets, all FIRST EDITIONS except where noted, 8vo, condition generally very good.

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[CIVIL RIGHTS]. A group of 4 pamphlets, including: WASHINGTON, Booker T. (1856-1915). The Negro and the "Solid South."

[CIVIL RIGHTS]. A group of 4 pamphlets, including: WASHINGTON, Booker T. (1856-1915). The Negro and the "Solid South."