ARCHIVE OF FORTY-TWO(42) PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER MATERIALS RELATED TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. The forty-two(42) items total nearly 700 pages, spanning more than sixty years, beginning in 1915, with much documentation of the NAACP’s early efforts to end lynching in the United States, including “The Waco Horror” by Elizabeth Freeman, “Brief in Support of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill” by Moorefield Storey, a 1930’s “Stop Lynching NAACP Legal Defense Fund” pin-back button, etc. Also included are two ephemeral items, representing Anti-NAACP racist publications in the United States.

The large majority of publications in the archive are unrecorded by OCLC (or otherwise known in only a few institutional holdings). All of the items are first editions (with the exception of one publication- where noted), and are generally in very good (or better) condition. [NB: Illustrations are not to scale].

“REPORTED LYNCHINGS SINCE 1885 ARE NEARLY 2800…” [LYNCHING: 1915]. [PRINTED LETTER SOLICITING MEMBERSHIP IN THE NAACP]. New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, December 31, 1915. Quarto, single sheet printed on recto only (21 lines), NAACP printed letterhead, with date and recipient’s name typed above printed text, “December 31, 1915. Mr. Joseph L. Richards, Brookline, Mass. My dear Mr. Richards.” Text begins, “No one’s economic problems equals that of the colored man… Labor unions generally refuse to admit him. When the white man wants his job he takes it… A painter was forbidden to work for white people under the penalty of lynching… in Georgia whole communities of innocent colored people have been driven out… the courts give no redress. Reported lynchings since 1885 are nearly 2800… by joining this Association you will help us to get the facts before the country, justice in the courts and equality of opportunity for ten million of our citizens…”. Signed in holograph facsimile, by Oswald Garrison Villard, Treasurer and Mary Childs Nerney, Secretary.” Fine; folded for mailing, in original mailing envelope. Together with original printed membership pledge card (white card, measuring 3 by 5 inches, printed on recto only) with return address mailing envelope. In fine condition.

(STRAUS, Nathan). AT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WILL YOU NOT HELP US IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST PREJUDICE FOR LITTLE COLORED BOYS AND GIRLS?” [Cover title]. New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, [circa December, 1915]. First edition. Promotional pamphlet. Small octavo, pictorial self-wrappers (front cover reproduces a black-and-white photograph of a young African-American boy, dressed in winter clothing), [3] pages (single sheet, folded once). Prints entire text of a letter by Nathan Straus, a noted Jewish community leader and philanthropist, entitled “Prejudice.” The text was first printed as a letter to the editor, in the New York Times, November 2, 1914, and reprinted in ‘The Crisis,’ December, 1914. Scholar, Hasia R. Diner points to the letter as one of many examples of efforts by members of the Jewish community to aid the NAACP, and notes, “The NAACP was well aware of the importance of the press in shaping racial attitudes” [see Diner, ‘In The Almost Promised Land: American Jews and Blacks, 1915-1935,’ p. By Hasia R. Diner]. In fine condition. Unrecorded by OCLC.

“FIRST NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE ANCIENT, AMERICAN INSTITUTION OF LYNCHING THAT EVER GAVE PROMISE…”.

[LYNCHING: 1916]. PRINTED FUNDRAISING LETTER, REGARDING THE “WACO HORROR.” New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, July 10, 1916. Printed fundraising letter. Quarto, single sheet printed on recto only (18 lines), NAACP printed letterhead. Fine; folded for mailing.

“Colored Men Lynched by Years 1885-1916” [totaling 2,843] [LYNCHING: 1916]. [FREEMAN, Elisabeth]. THE WACO HORROR. An account of the recent burning of a human being at Waco, Tex., as reported by a special agent of the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People… [New York]: [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People], [1916]. First edition [not in Blockson; not in Work][issued as a “Supplement to the Crisis, July, 1916”]. Octavo, pictorial self-wrappers, 8 pages, stapled, illustrated (reproducing a series of shocking black-and-white photographs of the lynching by F. A. Gildersleeve). Text includes a detailed account of this brutal killing. Last page prints a chart of “Colored Men Lynched by Years 1885-1916,” totaling 2,843. “In mid-May 1916, a crowd of fifteen thousand in Waco, Texas, watched the torture and burning to death of a mentally challenged African-American teenager, Jesse Washington, who had been accused of murdering and raping his white female employer…” [Rice, ‘Witness Lynching,’ p. 141]. “The NAACP assigned a young white woman, Elisabeth Freeman, to travel to Waco to investigate, and the evidence she gathered and gave to W. E. B. Du Bois provided grist for the efforts of the NAACP to raise national consciousness of the atrocities being committed and to raise funds to lobby anti-lynching legislation….” [according to scholar, Patricia Bernstein, in her book, ‘The First Waco Horror: The Lynching of Jesse Washington and the Rise of the NAACP’]. Folded (for mailing?), else a near fine copy. An uncommon, and important, pamphlet, in the history of

the NAACP, and its pioneering efforts to fight lynching. OCLC locates only six worldwide holdings [NYPL, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M, Temple, and British Library]. No copy has appeared at auction in the last thirty-five years (per APBC digitized auction records).

ALLISON, Madeline. TYPED LETTER SIGNED FROM MADELINE G. ALLISON. TLS, octavo, one page, printed letterhead: “Editorial Rooms of THE CRISIS”/ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, W. E. Burghardt Du Bois,” New York City, November 10, 1921, to Mr. E. H. Morris (of Chicago, Illinois). The letter requests “a photograph of yourself, and also a copy of your latest report of the Odd Fellows, for use in the CRISIS? I very much hope you can favor us. Sincerely yours, [signed] Madeline G. Allison.” Folded for mailing; very good. Madeline G. Allison was a columnist at THE CRISIS, and a lesser-known poet during the Harlem Renaissance. The recipient, E. H. Morris, was a noted African-American lawyer and activist.

“SINCE 1889 THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED

AND FORTY-THREE PERSONS, INCLUDING SIXTY-FOUR WOMEN, ARE KNOWN TO HAVE

BEEN LYNCHED…” [LYNCHING: 1923]. STOREY, Moorfield. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE DYER ANTI-LYNCHING BILL. Submitted to The Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate. By Moorfield Story. New York: NAACP/ (Harold Square Press), [circa 1923]. First edition [not in Blockson or Work (both of which list other titles by this author); see Moses, ‘Lynching and Vigilantism in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography,’ No. 3830]. Octavo, white printed self-wrappers, 30 pages, stapled. A fine copy. Uncommon; OCLC locates only three holdings [California-Davis, NYPL, and Oberlin]. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. 1925. Junior Division. New York: NAACP, 1925. First edition. Twelvemo, printed self-wrappers, 7 pages, stapled. A very good copy. Unrecorded by OCLC.

“ON THE FIRST AND ONLY ORGANIZED, PERSISTENT FIGHT AGAINST THE SHAME OF AMERICA, THE CRIME OF LYNCHING,

THE ASSOCIATION HAS SPENT $63,610.25.” FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE: A SUMMARY OF 20 YEARS STRUGGLE FOR AMERICAN NEGROES [Cover title]. (New York): (NAACP), [circa 1930/1931]. First edition. Octavo, printed self-wrappers, pp. 7, [1] (single sheet, folded to form 8 pages). A year-by-year timeline of important events (up to May, 1930), printing details about legal decisions, race riots, lynchings, NAACP achievements, etc. Lightly tanned and dust soiled; very good. Uncommon; OCLC locates only three holdings [Stanford, Texas A&M, Wisconsin Historical Society].

[LYNCHING: PIN BACK]. “STOP LYNCHING: N. A. A. C. P. LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.” [New York]: NAACP/ (“No 77,” by “Local 115 Shop” union logo on verso), [circa 1930’s]. Vintage metal pin back, printed in red and white. In near fine condition. [A photograph of the pin is reproduced in ‘Lynching in the West, 1850-1935,’ p. 46].

OVINGTON, Mary White. HOW THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE BEGAN. New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, [circa 1930’s][despite “First Printing 1914” statement on front cover]. Later printing of this offprint (circa 1930’s, with reference to RCA building on rear cover)[originally printed in ‘The Crisis, August, 1914,’ first reprinted as an offprint that same year, and widely reprinted since (having gone into at least twelve printings by 1951, and facsimile editions were still bring printed into 1960’s)]. Octavo, white printed self-wrappers, [8] pages, stapled. Rear cover prints the lyrics to “Life Ev’ry Voice and Sing,’ by James Weldon Johnson, which became the official song of the NAACP around 1921. Faint vertical crease (where once folded), one leaf of text has short closed tear at fore-edge, else a near fine, bright copy. Mary White Ovington (1865-1951), “a descendent of New England abolitionists, devoted her adult life to combating racial discrimination and to enfranchising, improving material conditions and providing equal opportunities for African-Americans. A founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), she worked tirelessly for the organization for decades, promoting, fund-raising, serving in leadership and as a mediator through its stormy organizational period, and helping to set its agenda. For her many contributions, most of them unpublicized, the NAACP board honored her as ‘Mother of the New Emancipation’…” [see ‘Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography’].

LETTER FROM CHARLES HOUSTON, NAACP SPECIAL COUNCIL, REGARDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN’S JURY SERVICE

HOUSTON, Charles. TYPED FORM LETTER SIGNED BY CHARLES HOUSTON, As Special Counsel to the NAACP, regarding “instances in which Negroes have been called for jury service in counties and cities for the first time in 1935 or 1936…”. Quarto, one page, New York, NAACP printed letterhead, February 3, 1937, to “Dear Mr. Edwards” (Thomas Edwards, Oklahoma City). Text begins, “In connection with our Annual Report for 1936 and for the general information of the Negro public we are trying to list the number of instances in which Negroes have been called for jury service in counties and cities for the first time in 1935 or 1936. As many of these cases were never appealed, they are buried in the records of the trial courts…”,

followed by a list of specific questions, regarding the nature of jury service (e.g. “Did they sit on only Negro cases?”, etc.). Folded for mailing, few short tears, else very good; in original mailing envelope. Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) was a noted African-American jurist. In the 1930’s he began serving as the first General Counsel to the NAACP. He was involved in many of the major civil rights cases that faced the U.S. Supreme Court. SOUVENIR PROGRAM: THIRTY-FIRST NATIONAL CONVENTION N. A. A. C. P. June 18,-23, 1940. Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: NAACP, 1940. First edition, original souvenir program. Quarto, green printed wrappers, [24] pages, illustrated throughout (reproducing black-and-white photographs). “With the sad tragedies of World War No. 2 now going on in Europe, with the meeting of National Political Parties and the National Election, this Conference is certainly one of the most important in the history of the organization…”. Prints articles, essays and poetry, with contributions by Ofelia C. Hall, Gladys E. Brown, Frances Gardner, Arthur Abrahams et al, and the “History of the Negro People” by Earl Van. Vertical crease, moderate wear, else a very good copy. Unrecorded by OCLC, which does record a single holding of a group photograph of participants at this convention.

LET’S BE HONEST ABOUT DEMOCRACY. [Cover title]. New York: NAACP, (March, 1939). First edition. Octavo, printed self-wrappers, 24 pages, stapled, illustrated (reproducing black-and-white photographs, including Marian Anderson, and reproducing a striking photograph depicting the shadow of a lynching superimposed over a crowd). Text includes a history of the NAACP, and contains much about their fight to end lynching in America. Reproduces, in facsimile, a letter by Theodore Roosevelt, praising the NAACP. Lightly

dust soiled, else very good. Uncommon; OCLC locates only ten holdings [Harvard, Emory, Atlanta, Vassar, Oregon, Balch Institute, Temple, Texas Southern, Wisconsin, and a Dutch institutional holding]. PRESS SERVICE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE [Printed Press Release]. March 3, 1944. New York, New York: [NAACP], 1944. First edition, press release [Not in Danky. African-American Newspapers and Periodicals. A National Bibliography]. Folio, three mimeographed leaves (printed on rectos only), stapled. Prints articles about civil rights activities, including "Negro Radio Technicians into Labor Battalions," "Senators Are Quizzed on Abolishing FEPC" and "Negro War Workers Sue House Agency." Ex-library copy, with few small rubberstamps on front cover; pages creased, staple mark in fore-edge margin of first page, else very good; uncommon. Unrecorded by OCLC. APPEAL TO THE WORLD. A Statement on the Denial of Human Rights to Minorities in the Case of Citizens of Negro Descent in the United States of America and an Appeal to the United Nations for Redress. Prepared for the NAACP, Under Editorial Supervision of W. E. Burghardt Du Bois. New York: NAACP, 1947. First edition. Octavo, blue printed wrappers, 94

pages, stapled. A detailed legal history and demand for civil rights, compiled and edited by Du Bois, with contributions by William Ming, Earl Dickerson, Leslie Perry, Rayford W. Logan et al. Lightly dust soiled, else very good. WHAT DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS THINK OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE… [by]… Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt… Dr. Ralph Bunche… J. Edgar Hoover… Lena Horne [et al]. [Cover title]. (New York): NAACP, [circa 1948]. Narrow octavo, printed self-wrappers, [6] pages (single sheet, folded twice to form six pages). Prints quotes by Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt, Dr. Ralph Bunche, J. Edgar Hoover, Lena Horne, Attorney General Tom Clark et al. Very good. Unrecorded by OCLC. NAACP: WHAT IS IT? WHAT HAS IT DONE? WHAT WILL IT DO FOR YOU? [Cover title]. New York: NAACP, (March, 1948). First edition. Narrow octavo, printed self-wrappers, [6] pages (single sheet, folded twice to form six pages). Prints information about NAACP efforts to stop lynching, abolish Jim Crow laws, secure voting rights, etc. Uncommon; OCLC locates only a single holding [Virginia]. N.A.A.C.P. MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN. (Albany, New York): Albany Branch N.A.A.C.P., 195(?) [final year is left blank].. Original (unused) subscription envelope for NAACP membership campaign, for use of recruiters. Oblong printed envelope, measuring 3 by 5 1/2 inches. One side of envelope, headed "N.A.A.C.P. Membership Campaign," prints six different categories of possible memberships, with cost of each, plus a form for name and address of new member, possible subscription to the Crisis, and verso includes a removable receipt label, headed "Campaign of N.A.A.C.P.," with printed form for information about membership fees, etc. A very good copy, unused. OCLC lists no holdings.

[Pictorial Broadside, urging membership in the NAACP]: STRONG MAN! [Caption title]. Published by the Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburg, Penn. Hollywood, California: Distributed by Hollywood Beauty Secrets Company, Owned by Mr. & Mrs. Homer Goodwin [No Date, but circa 1950’s?]. Original promotional broadside, issued by a cosmetics company. Quarto, single sheet, printed in red and black, on recto only, illustrated (with a drawing depicting African-Americans, in a car labeled “The Rest of Us,” resting on the back of what appears to be an African-American giant, who is labeled, “NAACP Member.” Text argues, “Without the NAACP we would still be VOTELESS, our residential areas would be rigidly demarcated, LYNCHING would be endemic… no Negro students would be in Southern

schools… There are sixteen million Negroes here with a $15 Billion income, so it is evident that they are being carried by a tiny minority…”. Folded; very good. Unrecorded by OCLC, which does note similar promotional broadsides and ephemeral items. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS FOR BRANCHES OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. New York [City]: NAACP, (December, 1954). First edition thus, 1954 revised edition. Eighteenmo, printed wrappers, 30 pages, stapled. Revised text, printing updates to the NAACP Constitution (through December of 1954). A near fine copy. OCLC lists two holdings [NYPL and Wisconsin Historical Society]. NAACP? WHO ME? ...BUT WHY? I'M DOING O.K. (New York City): (NAACP), (November, 1955). Original membership flyer for NAACP recruitment (in 1955). Single sheet, folded to make four(18mo) pages, illustrated (by R.O. Berg). Prints information about forms of discrimination in 1955, with admonition "Think it over: you still need the NAACP," and with member and contribution form to the NAACP. Covers dust soiled and creased; just a good copy.

“THE NAACP IS A COMMUNIST FRONT GROUP”

[ANTI-NAACP]. “THE NAACP IS A COMMUNIST GROUP” [Caption title]. [United States]: [Anonymous], 1957. “Series 1957-B” Silver certificate, one dollar bill. Contemporary rubberstamp (in red ink) on verso: “THE NAACP IS A COMMUNIST GROUP”]. Very good condition. An interesting example of anti-NAACP propaganda

MANUAL FOR WORKERS IN N.A.A.C.P. MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGNS. New York [City]: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, [No Date, but circa 1960]. First edition [original printed manual for use of NAACP recruitment workers]. Oblong twentyfourmo, green printed wrappers, [circa 10 pages], stapled. Constructed like a flip book, with each page providing anticipated questions that potential members of the NAACP might ask, with possible replies to such questions, for use by workers for the NAACP membership campaigns. Covers have thin brown stain along one edge, staples oxidized, else a very good copy; uncommon. OCLC lists a single holding [California(Davis)]. NAACP? WHO ME? ...BUT WHY? THERE'S NO JIM CROW HERE... (New York City): (NAACP), (September 1961). Original membership flyer for NAACP recruitment (in 1961). Single sheet, folded to make four(18mo) pages. Prints information about forms of discrimination in 1961, with admonition "Think it over: you still need the NAACP," and printing a membership and contribution form to the NAACP. A fine copy. OCLC lists no holdings.

[ANTI-NAACP: NEW ORLEANS(?): 1960’s]. CONGRATULATIONS! [space for name]. I HAVE DONATED $1.00 IN YOUR NAME TO THE N. A. A. C. P. YOU ARE NOW AN HONORARY NIGGER!!” [Caption title]. [No Place/New Orleans?]: [No Publisher], [No Date, but circa 1960’s]. Business-card sized piece of anti-NAACP propaganda, likely published in New Orleans, in the early 1960’s [the June, 1963 issue of ‘Jet,’ ran an article, under the heading, “Humiliation Technique,” noting “The newest weapon in New Orleans’ racists arsenal of bigotry is a plan to humiliate local white liberals by sending $1 to the NAACP in their names and issuing them “Honorary Nigger” cards…” (and the magazine reproduces a similarly printed card)]. Slight soiling, else a very good copy. IN FREEDOM’S VANGUARD: NAACP REPORT FOR 1963. New York: NAACP, (July, 1964). First edition. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, 127 pages, profusely illustrated (reproducing black-and-white photographs). Mailing label on back cover (“Mrs. Juanita Ford, Hamtramck, Michigan”). A very good copy. Uncommon; OCLC locates only three worldwide holdings [University of Kansas, Pennsylvania State and the German National Library]. [Holiday Greetings]: “THE APPROACHING HOLIDAY SEASON IS A GOOD TIME TO WEIGH THE REACTIONS OF YOUR MIND AND YOUR HEART… TO DO THE RIGHT THING… TO PUT AN END TO RACIAL INEQUALITY IN AMERICA…”. Boston: NAACP, [1965]. Single sheet, oblong octavo, printed in red text (with holiday decorations), on recto only. Original fundraising leaflet, issued with a full-sheet of NAACP “Holiday Greetings” postage stamps [together with the original mailing envelope, and business reply (donation) envelope]. All four items are in fine condition. RIGHT HIS WRONGS. WORK IN THE NAACP [Cover title]. (New York): NAACP, (Feb., 1968). Fundraising/membership solicitation. Twentyfourmo, pictorial self-wrappers (front cover reproduces a black-and-white photograph of a young black boy- “Photo by Randall”), [4] pages (single sheet, folded once). Very good. Unrecorded by OCLC. MAKE A WORLD FOR MEN. JOIN THE NAACP NOW [Cover title]. (New York): NAACP, [No Date, but circa 1968]. Fundraising/membership solicitation. Twentyfourmo, pictorial self-wrappers (front cover reproduces a black-and-white photograph of a young black boy- “Photo by Read”), [4] pages (single sheet, folded once). Very good. Unrecorded by OCLC. “NO YOUNG BLOOD ON THE PAVEMENTS- Prevent Riots” New York: NAACP, [No Date, but circa 1968]. Vintage bumper sticker, issued by the NAACP, to “Prevent Riots.” Fine condition; unused.

“RUMORS FEED RIOTS- CHECK ALL RUMORS! Prevent Riots” New York: NAACP, [No Date, but circa 1968]. Vintage bumper sticker, issued by the NAACP, to “Prevent Riots.” Fine condition; unused. “OVER NO DEAD BODIES- Prevent Riots.” New York: NAACP, [No Date, but circa 1968]. Vintage bumper sticker, issued by the NAACP, to “Prevent Riots.” Fine condition; unused.

HAZEL BRANNON SMITH, “WELCOME, NAACP” 60th Anniversary Convention, held in Jackson, Mississippi

SMITH, Hazel Brannon. WELCOME, NAAPC (An Editorial) [Caption title]. Jackson, Mississippi: The Northside Reporter, [1969]. First edition. Broadside; single sheet of tannish paper, measuring 14 3/4 by 6 1/2 inches, printed on recto only. Text prints an editorial by Hazel Brannon Smith, owner and editor, of ‘The Northside Reporter.’ Text begins, “The Northside Reporter is happy to welcome to Jackson more than 2,000 members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People now holding its 60th Anniversary convention here. Americans generally, particularly Mississippians, owe a debt of gratitude to the NAACP for responsible leadership in the field of human and civil rights nationally and in the state… It was only six years ago that the Field Secretary of the Mississippi NAACP was assassinated as he returned to his Jackson home late one night. The murder of Medgar Evers has not been brought to justice in any court… [we are] still looking for the day when white Mississippi will be willing to dispense or demand justice… In early June of 1963, Medgar Evers would never have dreamed Mississippi six years later would have 250,000 registered Negro voters… And this represents real progress… the absence of Jackson or Mississippi elective officials from the podium-

even for welcoming- is mute and eloquent evidence of how terribly far we have to go before white Mississippi can or will give to the black man the respect and recognition that he so richly deserves NOW. [signed in holograph facsimile] Hazel Brannon Smith, Editor The Northside Reporter,’ Jackson, Mississippi.” Folded; few short tears, else very good. Rare; unrecorded by OCLC, which does note a single holding of a similar broadside by this author.

“CONFRONTATION AND RECONCILIATION” BY DR. THOMAS KILGORE, Jr.

KILGORE, Thomas. “CONFRONTATION AND RECONCILIATION.” EXCERPTS FROM ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DR. THOMAS KILGORE, Jr., Pastor, Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, California, and President, The American Baptist Convention. The Ministers’ Breakfast, Sixtieth Annual N. A. A. C. P. Convention. Roof Garden, Heidelberg Hotel, Jackson, Mississippi. Tuesday, July 1, 1969. CONFRONTATION AND RECONCILIATION. [United States]: [No Publisher/ NAACP?], [1969]. First edition. Tall quarto, mimeographed self-wrappers, 6 pages, stapled. Entire text is by Dr. Kilgore, beginning, “Mr. Chairman and Fellow Human Beings: I use this brief salutation with the hope that it will be safe. It is no longer proper to refer to race. It is hard to know when to use Negro, Colored, Afro-American, Black or brother; and, because of such drastic changes in dress habits and hair styles, it becomes increasingly more difficult to say ‘Ladies and Gentleman’…”. Text of the address prints Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “We Real Cool,” and Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask.” Creased (where once folded), evenly tanned, creased tears at staple (center leaf detached, but present); a good to very good copy. Rare; unrecorded by OCLC. HERE’S WHERE THE ACTION IS! (New York): NAACP, (June, 1970). First edition. Narrow octavo, printed self-wrappers, [8] pages (single sheet, folded to form 8 pages). Prints a list of “NAACP Programs 1970…”. A fine copy. Unrecorded by OCLC. NIAGARA REVISITED: 34th ANNUAL NEW YORK STATE CONVENTION, NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF N. A. A. C. P. BRANCHES. October 23-25, 1970. Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Falls, New York: NAACP, Quarto, pictorial self-wrappers, 36 pages, stapled, illustrated (reproducing black-and-white photographs). Unrecorded by OCLC, which does note similar ephemeral publications related to NAACP conventions. CONSTITUTION FOR COLLEGE CHAPTERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. Spring, 1978. New York: NAACP, 1978. First edition (of the “Spring, 1978” issue). Twentyfourmo, white printed wrappers, 32 pages, stapled. Unrecorded by OCLC, which does note holdings of other editions of the NAACP Constitutions. 36th ANNIVERSARY DANCE & AFRICAN-DANCE GROUP. COLUMBIA COUNTY BRANCH N. A. A. C. P. New York State Armory, October 26, 1973. New York: Columbia County Branch NAACP, 1973. First edition, original program. Quarto, white printed wrappers, [30] pages, stapled, illustrated (reproducing black-and-white photographs). A very good copy. Unrecorded by OCLC. 37th ANNIVERSARY, 7th ANNUAL DANCE & FASHION SHOW COLUMBIA COUNTY BRANCH N. A. A. C. P. & YOUTH COUNCIL. New York State Armory, September 20, 1974. New York: Columbia County Branch NAACP, 1974. First edition, original program. Quarto, yellow printed wrappers, [30] pages, stapled, illustrated (reproducing black-and-white photographs). Staples rusted, early staining to covers and text, else a good copy. Unrecorded by OCLC.

HIGHLIGHTS OF NAACP HISTORY 1909-1974. New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, (1975). First edition. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, 48 pages, stapled, illustrated (reproducing black-and-white photographs). Spine is lightly rubbed, else a fine copy. OCLC lists ten worldwide holdings [Curry College, Temple, Ohio University, Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Northwestern, Saint Louis Public, Broward County, Tulane, California(Irvine) and Stanford]. NAACP REPORT ON QUALITY EDUCATION FOR BLACK AMERICANS: AN IMPERATIVE. (New York): NAACP Special Contribution Fund, September, 1977. First edition. Quarto, cream-colored wrappers, pp. xii, 188. A fine copy; laid into the book is a mimeographed form letter, dated Oct. 14, 1977, stating, in part: "Dear Conferee: At long last we are transmitting to you the published copy of our Quality Education Conference Report..." (printed on NAACP letterhead). OCLC lists nine worldwide holdings [Harvard, NYU, Medgar Evers, State Library of North Carolina, Central State(Wilberforce,Ohio), Chicago State, Berry College, Saint Louis University and Tulane]. Greenwich Branch NAACP, Third Annual FIGHT FOR FREEDOM DINNER. Guest Speaker: Benjamin Hooks, Executive Director NAACP. November 3, 1977. Greenwich, CT: Greenwich Branch NAACP, 1977. First edition, original program. Quarto, pictorial self-wrappers, [36] pages, stapled, illustrated (reproducing black-and-white photographs). A near fine copy. Unrecorded by OCLC.