How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began, First Printing (1914)
by NAACP, Ovington Mary
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Ovington, Mary White. How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began. New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1914. [5] pages. 6" x 9". Original stapled paper wrappers. Song "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" on verso written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by Rosamond Johnson. This pamphlet contains a brief history of the origins of the NAACP, then a fairly young organization that had been established by a group that included author Mary White Ovington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Moorfield Storey, and Ida B. Wells in 1909. Being foundational to the the nascent organization, Ovington is able to recount the day-by-day details of the organization's founding , and convey the excitement around that event, noting that:"We met in New York in the first week of the year 1909. With us was Dr. Henry Moskowitz, now prominent in the administration of John Purroy Mitchell, Mayo of New York. It was then that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was born. It was born in a little room of a New York apartment." Ovington goes on to list names of early signatories and conference attendees, and describe how the organization blossomed upon bringing Du Bois and his existing networks of black social and political organizations into the tent. Comes with a tasseled gold bookmark. Minor foxing along spine but overall in very good condition.
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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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