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Lot 853
Sale 1047 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Jun 17, 2022
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Jun 28, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. -- [WYATT, Addie l. (1924-2012), her copies]. A group of three books INSCRIBED to labor leader and civil rights activist Addie Wyatt.
OREAR, Leslie F. and Stephen H. DIAMOND. Out of the Jungle: The Packinghouse Workers Fight for Justice and Equality. N.p.: The Hyde Park Press, Leslie F. Orear, 1968. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated. Original black cloth with pictorial pastedown (minor wear at edges. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO WYATT: "To Vice President Wyatt / with the compliments + congratulations / of the friend and author - / Les Orear."
[With:] BLACK, Timuel D., Jr. Bridges of Memory: Chicago's First Wave of Black Migration. Evanston and Chicago, IL: Northwestern University Press and DuSable Museum of African American History, 2003. 8vo. Illustrated. Original boards; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO ADDIE WYATT: "Your and Claude's Contribution to the spiritual, social, and cultural life of the Black, white, brown communities of this country and the world is incredible. Thanks so much. Hope you enjoy this book."
[Also with:] [PFAU, Ralph S. (1904-1967)]. Alcoholism: A Source Book for the Priest. An Anthology. Indianapolis: National Clergy Conference on Alcoholism, 1960. Original blue cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO ADDIE WYATT: "Eddie [sic] Sincerely Father Pfau." Father Pfau was active in Alcoholics Anonymous, sobriety movements, and the civil rights movement.
Addie Wyatt (1924-2012) was a civil rights activist and leader in the Labor movement, notably the first African American woman elected international vice president of a major labor union.






