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New York: Vantage Press, 1974. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Inscribed first edition of this significant sociological study of colorism and the construction of beauty in African American communities of the 1970s, published by a Black scholar. Williams, an elementary school teacher and Army veteran, wrote and published this report of a study as an outgrowth of his graduate work at Depaul University in an attempt to measure the effects of the contemporary "Black Is Beautiful" campaign against the countervailing pressures of mass media and systematic exclusion of Black historical figures from 20th-century educational texts. The report reproduces Williams's original survey questions, with his conclusions and discussion. Important and uncommon. 8'' x 5.25''. Original black cloth with silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($4.50) dust jacket. 65, [1] pages. Inscribed by Williams on front free endpaper. Minor edgewear and bumping. Light edgewear to jacket, with tiny closed tear and crease to… Read more