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Witnesses for Freedom: Negro Americans in Autobiography by Rebecca Chalmers Barton, First Edition 1948
de Barton, Rebecca Chalmers
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[African American] Barton, Rebecca Chalmers. Witnesses for Freedom: Negro Americans in Autobiography. New York: Harper and Bros. 1948. First Edition Hardcover. 294 pages. Measures 6" x 8.5". Book includes short autobiographies of prominent black historical figures including from the late Reconstruction days of Booker T. Washington, to the contemporary experiences of Richard Wright and Langston Hughes. Introduction reads: "In its novel approach the book opens up a new [perspective on the problems of interracial tension. As Mrs. Barton points out, prejudice may be a two-way process." Barton was a member of the Wellesley College Class of 1926 who went on to be an author, teacher, and human rights advocate. After graduating from Wellesley, she worked for a year as an English teacher at Williams Memorial Institute, in New London, Connecticut. From July 1927 to April 1928 she worked as a social worker with the Associated Charities, in Cleveland, Ohio. She also studied at Greifswald University in Northern Germany and completed her dissertation "Race Consciousness and the American Negro" in 1932. Bound in Green with complete gold lettering on spine. Textblock is tight and pages are very clean. Overall, in very good condition.
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For over 30 years, we have served a clientele of collectors, private institutions, universities, and public libraries in acquisition and collection development. We are members of ILAB, ABAA, and PADA, and have furnished collections around the world with rare and unique material; from the personal letters of literary greats to first edition Journals of Congress to unique pamphlets from the civil rights era. We strive to find archives and original early printed material that can fill gaps in existing institutional holdings; the kind of material that can bring new perspectives to the traditionally disregarded voices of indigiouneous peoples, women, and African-Americans.
We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
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- First Edition
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