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• (AFRICAN AMERICANA) A group of
  (AFRICAN AMERICANA) A group of seven books pertaining to African American history in slipcases. Music and Some Highly Musical People... By James M. Trotter. Boston: Lee and Shepard 1881. A Scriptural Ecclesiastical and Historical View of Slavery. By John Henry Hopkins. New York: W.I. Pooley (1864). Whether White or Black A Man. By Edith Smith Davis. Chicago: Fleming H. Revell 1898. John Brown. By Dr. Hermann Von Holst. Boston: Cupples and Hurd 1889. Portraits in Color. By Mary White Ovington. New York: Viking 1927. Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America. By Kelly Miller. New York: Neale 1908. The Negro American Family. Atlanta: Atlanta University Press 1908.
• GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN
  GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IIGROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY II, titles include: Prince Estabrook Slave and Soldier, African American Historic Places, Images of America: Eastland Gardens; Legendary African American Elders Speak: A Wealth of Wisdom; A Face of Courage: The Tommy Watson Story How Did He Survive?; African-American Orators: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook; Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America – An Anthology; Yet With A Steady Beat: The African American Struggle for Recognition in the Episcopal Church; Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth; Daddy's Love Notes: A Bit of Light for the End of your Torch; Another Day's Journey: Black Churches Confronting the American Crisis; Quiet Strength; Two of Guide To Black Organizations, 1992-94 edition; Return to Glory: The Powerful Stirring of the Black Man; 1999 Facts about Blacks: A Sourcebook of African-American Accomplishment; Family Records of the African American Pioneers of Tampa and Hillsborough County; Just Tell the Story – Troubled Island; Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems; Collective Amnesia: American Apartheid, African Americans' 400 Years in North America, 1619-2019 (20) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• African American college yearbook
  African American college yearbook photo montage, 1900s; black history/higher learning, ca. Turn of the Century; possibly Tuskegee Institute? 13" x 16"
• BLACK AMERICANA: TWO EARLY
  BLACK AMERICANA: TWO EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN PICTURE PUZZLES, C. 1895: "THE DARKTOWN FANCY BALL" BY PARKER BROTHERS, COPYRIGHT 1894,...BLACK AMERICANA: Two early African American Picture Puzzles, c. 1895: "The Darktown Fancy Ball" by Parker Brothers, copyright 1894, side of box very distressed and has some repairs; and "The Happy Darkies" by Parker Brothers, copyright 1895, box is distressed but all puzzle pieces there, both with wear consistent with age and use.
• Ceramic blackamoor, in two
  Ceramic blackamoor, in two sections, wearing turban and holding pillow, mid 20th century, 43 in. Repairs to pillow mounts, some abrasions, retouch, tape residue. The Estate of the Late John R. Jones, Hickory, North Carolina.
• (AFRICAN AMERICANA) DUBOIS W. E. B.
  (AFRICAN AMERICANA) DUBOIS W. E. B. A group of four books by W.E.B. DuBois. The Souls of Black Folk. Essays and Sketches. Chicago: A.C. McClurg 1903. First edition. Publications of the University of Pennsylvania Series in Political Economy and Public Law. No. 14 The Philadelphia Negro. A Social Study. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania 1899. The Negro Church: A Social Study. Atlanta: Atlanta University Press 1903. Dark Princess: A Romance. New York: Harcourt Brace (1928).
• GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN
  GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IIIGROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY III, titles include: Black on a Background of White: A Chronicle of Afro-Americans' Involvement in America's Last Frontier, Alaska; Race Contacts and Interracial Relations; An Evening with Vernon Jordan, Overcoming Katrina: African American Voices from the Crescent City and Beyond; The Long Walk: The Place making Legacy of Howard University; Diamonds in the Rough: Stories of Challenge, Resolve, and Triumph Through Eight Decades of Boys and Girls Harbor; An Evening with the History Makers: 10th Anniversary Gala; Marching Toward Justice: Just the Beginning Foundation & The Damon J. Keith Law Collection of African-American Legal History Celebration; The Continuing Struggle: Civil Rights and the Clinton Administration; American Diary: A Personal History of the Black Press; Blacks and the White House; The Envy of The World: On Being a Black Man in America; Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents; The African American Experience in New York, from 1626; Black Light: The African American Hero; Two Decades of Progress: African Americans Moving Forward in Higher Education; A Legacy of Defending the Constitution; Who's Who Among African-Americans; The New York Black 100; North Webster: A Photographic History of a Black Community; Modern Negro Art; Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African American Experience; The Man in Charge: Defining Reality and Giving Hope (24) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• The College of Life or Practical
  The College of Life or Practical Self-Educator for The Colored Race Forming an Educational Emancipator and a Guide to Success....by Northrop Gay and Penn Washington: Dyson & Company 1896. 4to 720 pp hardbound blue cloth with decorative embossed cover illustration with b/w images and with "hundreds" of engravings. Illustrating the Afro-American process giving example of achievements of successful men and women of the race.
• GROUP TWO OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
  GROUP TWO OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, 19TH CENTURYGROUP TWO OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY, titles include: Slave & Soldier: The Military Impact of Blacks in the Colonial Americas; Blacks in the Westward Movement; The Unwept: Black American Soldiers and the Spanish-American War; Two of Forged in Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers; African American West Pointers During the Nineteenth Century; Black, Red, and Deadly; Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia; The American Negro in the Great World War; Buffalo Soldiers; Two of Men of Color to Arms: Black Soldiers, Indian Wars, and the Quest for Eternity; Like Men of War: Black Troops in the Civil War 1862-1865; Two of The Roughest Riders: The Untold Story of the Black Soldiers in the Spanish-American War; The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865, Journey to Honey Hill; Unwept, Unhonored, Unsung: Black American Soldiers & the Spanish American War; Hope & Glory: Essays on the Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; DogJack: The Heartwarming Story of a Runaway Slave and His best Friend; The Tenth Cavalry; Blacks in the Westward Movement (21) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• (AFRICAN AMERICANA) A group of 23
  (AFRICAN AMERICANA) A group of 23 books pertaining to sociology and race relations.
• Set of four folk art carved heads
  Set of four folk art carved heads of black men mounted on a base late 19th c. 2"h.x10"w.x2.5"d.
• GROUP OF GENERAL AFRICAN AMERICAN
  GROUP OF GENERAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORYGROUP OF GENERAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, titles include: Segregation in Death: Gettysburg's Lincoln Cemetery; Buffalo Soldiers: African American Troops in the US Forces 1866-1945; Whence They Came: The Families of United States Colored Troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1815-1995; Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation; Black Faces of War: A Legacy of Honor from the American Revolution to Today; Last of the Black Regulars; Black Americans in Defense of our Nation; African American Generals and Flag Officers; We Were There: A Celebration of African American Veterans from World War II to the War in Iraq; two of Every Night and Every Morn; "Of Thee I Sing"; two of Shock and Awe: An Introduction to African American Army Generals (1968-1992); The Black Soldier: From the American Revolution to Vietnam; Segregated Soldiers: Military Training at Historically Black Colleges in the Jim Crow South; Breakthrough on the Color Front; three of All That We Can Be: Black Leadership and Racial Integration The Army Way; two of The Encyclopedia of African American Military History; Four Stars: Conversations on Life, Success, Leadership, Mentorship, Culture, and Diversity; The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell; American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm; Images of America, Fort Clark and Brackettville: Land of Heroes; Black Brass: Black Generals and Admirals in the Armed Forces of the United States; The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military; two of Integration of the Armed Forces 1940-1965; Striving For Perfection: Developing Professional Black Officers; Black Defenders of the Persian Gulf War: Desert Shield-Desert Storm (32) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOKS,
  GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOKS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY HISTORYGROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOKS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY HISTORY, titles include: For Our Time-Anytime: An Anthology of the Works by Henry Norman; Tom Bass: Black Horseman; Tracing the Family of Frederick Douglass 1818-1928; Gettysburg College; Marcus Garvey Said...; In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West; John Russwurm; Reflections of a Black Cowboy; The Economic Emancipation of African-Americans; Lift Every Voice: The Freedom Journey of the Upper Susquehanna; Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America; The Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking People; In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American Wast, 1528-1990; The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution; Voices From the Front Line: New York;'s African American Statesmen of the Underground Railroad Freedom Trail and the United States Colored Troops Organized in the Empire State 1863-1865 (15) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKS
  GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKS OF ARTGroup of African American Works of Art,
• BLACK & WHITE PHOTO OF A ZULU
  BLACK & WHITE PHOTO OF A ZULU WARRIOR h:53 w:42 in. Other Notes: DHS
• GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
  GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY: BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHYGROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY: BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY, titles include: Black Brass: Black Generals and Admirals in the Armed Forces of the United States; Militant Mediator: Whitney M. Young Jr.; Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II; Eugene Bullard: World's First Black Fighter Pilot; Transforming the Ranks: Black Female Sergeants Major; Give Me My Spirit Back: The Autobiography of Cecil Ward White, Major, US Army, Retired The Last of The Buffalo Soldier; The Character of Leadership; The Black Knight: An African-American Family's Journey from West Point-a Life of Duty, Honor and Country; For Race and Country: The Life and Career of Colonel Charles Young; Navigating the Seven Seas: Leadership Lessons of the First African American Father and Son to Serve at the Top in the U.S. Navy; two of Black Eagle: General Daniel 'Chappie' James, Jr.; The Best Man I Can Be: The Trials and Tribulations of a Black Chief Warrant Officer from World War II: The Astonishing Tale of One Man's Plight with American Racism; The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers; Italy And Back: A Black Man's Odyssey; Loving's Love: A Black American's Experience in Aviation; two of America's First Black General: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., 1880-1970; Trailblazer: The U.S. Navy's First Black Admiral; My Rise To The Stars: How A Sharecropper's Daughter Became An Army General; My Journey to Betterment: An Autobiography; Tradition and Valor: A Family Journey; Into the Tiger's Jaw: America's First Black Marine Aviator; Black Cadet in a White Bastion: Charles Young at West Point; The Making Of a Hero: Sgt. Rodney M. Davis; Hathaway; Life of a Soldier; William Hall: Winner of the Victoria Cross; The Quiet One: General Roscoe Robinson Jr.; A Buffalo Soldier's Legacy (30) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
  GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY IIGROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY II, titles include: Black Americans of Achievement: Introductory Essay; First Stick Knife Gun; The Haygoods of Columbus: A Family Memoir; Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man; Ralph Johnson Bunche: Public Intellectual & Nobel Peace Literature; Taliaferro: Breaking Barriers from the NFL Draft to the Ivory Tower (signed); They Had a Dream: The Story of African-American Astronauts; Autobiography of Becton: A Public Soldier and Public Servant (signed); A Black Man's Dream: The First One Hundred Years; African American Biographies: Profiles of 558 Current Men and Women (signed); Seoul to Soul (signed); Dream Walker: A Journey of Achievement and Inspiration (signed); American: An Autobiography; The Journey Continues: An Atlantic Canadian Black Experience (signed); Blueprint for Change: The Life and Times of Lewis H. Latimer; Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line (signed); Little David Had No Fear: A William Grant Still Biography; My Long Trip Home; Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (18) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOKS
  GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF SLAVERYGROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY, titles include: An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and The British Caribbean; The Impact of Slave Trades in Africa Today: Mega Holocaust in Africa (signed); Frederick Douglas; Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation (signed); Free at Last: A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, and the Civil War; Capitalism and Slavery; Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, The Slave Trade, and the American Revolution; The Problem of Slavery in The Age of Emancipation (signed); The Invisibles: the Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House (signed); The Hidden Veracity Behind The Evil of Slavery (signed); The Trials of Phillis Wheatley; America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with The Founding Fathers; The Black Mayflower (signed); Black Loyalists: Southern Settlers of Nova Scotia's First Free Black Communities; The Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery In The North; The Slaves Gamble: Choosing Side in The War of 1812; Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution (signed); Soldiers of the Cross (signed); The African American Journey from Slavery to the Promised Land (17) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• BLACK AMERICANA TINTYPE, AFRICAN
  BLACK AMERICANA TINTYPE, AFRICAN AMERICAN MANTintype sixth plate photograph, depicting a young black man, elegantly dressed, with hand-colored foliage, as well as gold-accented ring and watch chain. Measures 2-1/8" x 3-3/8". shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
• GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN
  GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IGROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY I, titles include: African American Firsts: Famous, Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America; Attucks: The School That Opened a City; The Last Word (signed); Nobody Knows; A Search of African American Life, Achievement and Culture; Repairing the Breach; Like Judgement Day; Howard University: The First Hundred Years 1867-1967 (signed) ; Back American Profiles (signed); The Clark College Legacy; Race: Are We So Different? (signed); Those Pullman Blues (signed); African-American Medical Pioneers (signed); Black American Witness; 16 More Extraordinary African Americans; An Evening with Earl Graves; The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage (signed) (18) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• Southern African-American
  Southern African-American photographs, cabinet cards: 16 of finely dressed African-American men, women and children mostly photographed at studios in North and South Carolina, and Georgia, two showing men with ministerial collars (possibly related to the AME Zion church), all unidentified, several entirely unmarked, late 19th century, 4-1/8 x 2-1/2 in. to 6-1/2 x 4-1/4 in. (page). Wear, toning, stains, smudging, soiling, scratches, losses, ink stamps.
• GROUP ONE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
  GROUP ONE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, 19TH CENTURYGROUP ONE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY, titles include: Freedom Knows No Color: African American Freedom Journey in New York and Related Sites, 1823-1870; Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867, Series II: The Black Military Experience; Unwept Unhonored Unsung: Black American Soldiers and The Spanish American War; Swamp Angels: A Biographical Study of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Moses Trinidad, Buffalo Soldier; Glory: One Gallant Rush; Warriors of Color; A Regiment of Slave: The 4th United States Colored Infantry, 1863-1866; Above and Beyond in the West: Black Medal of Honor Winners, 1870-1890; Cathy Williams: From Slave to Female Buffalo Soldier; Forged in Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers; Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America; We Look Like Men of War; Huachuca Illustrated: Buffalo Soldiers at Huachuca; Colorado Heritage; The 28th United States Colored Troops: Indiana's African-Americans Go to War 1863-1865 (16) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• COLLECTION OF PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN
  COLLECTION OF PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HARDCOVER VOLUMES INCLUDING 'TEN BLOCKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE', PALL MALL PRESS, LONDON, 1968Collection of Predominantly African American Cultural Hardcover Volumes Including 'Ten Blocks from the White House', Pall Mall Press, London, 1968,, Also with Five Derek Walcott Volumes (Three Signed),
• Black Americana Oil Painting
  Black Americana Oil Painting ''All We Askis a Fair Trial'' black men behind bars fancy gold frame circa 1900 image area 10'' x 14.
• GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
  GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY IIIGROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY III, titles include: Ron Brown: An Uncommon Life; A Contribution to African-American History: My Autobiography (signed); Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir (signed); A View from the Roof: Lessons for Life and Business (signed); Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored (signed); The Hornes: An American Family (signed); Black Lies, White Lies: The Truth According to Tony Brown (signed); Staking A Claim: Jake Simmons, Jr. and the Making of an African-American Oil Dynasty (signed); Adam's Belle: A Memoir of Love Without Bounds (signed); Ralph Bunche: An American Life; William Grant Still: A Voice High-Sounding; In One Lifetime; Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation; American Diary: A Personal History of the Black Press; Getting it Write: Winning Caribbean Press Freedom (signed) (16) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• THE DYNASTY OF ABU, BLACK AND WHITE
  THE DYNASTY OF ABU, BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED L.R., FRAME: 17 1/4 X 23 1/4 IN. (43.8 X 59.1 CM.)The Dynasty of Abu, Black and White Photograph, Signed and Inscribed l.r.,, Dimensions: Frame: 17 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (43.8 x 59.1 cm.)
• (AFRICAN AMERICANA) A group of 15
  (AFRICAN AMERICANA) A group of 15 books pertaining to African American history some fiction.
• (AFRICAN AMERICANA) A group of 14
  (AFRICAN AMERICANA) A group of 14 books pertaining to African American history including seven softcover and seven hardcover.
• Historical Romance of the
  Historical Romance of the American Negro by Charles H. Fowler M.D. Baltimore: Thomas & Evans 1902. 8 vo 269 pp. Burgundy cloth cops embossed front board many photographic illustrations.
• GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
  GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY: KOREAN WAR AND VIETNAM WARGROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY: KOREAN WAR AND VIETNAM WAR, titles include: The Story the Army Couldn't Hush Up: Bloody Ground; The US Army's First, Land, and Only All-Black Rangers; Firefight at Yechon: Courage and Racism in the Korean War; Black Soldier White Army: The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea; Just a Sharecropper's Son; An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans; Shades of Darkness: A Black Soldier's Journey Through Vietnam, Blindness, and Back; Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam (8) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• 6 19C. BLACK AMERICANA TINTYPE
  6 19C. BLACK AMERICANA TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS United States,19th centurySix tintype photographs of African American subject matter, one of a family of four, the others of fashionably dressed individuals.
• African American music band oil
  African American music band oil on board. 16'' H x 24'' W.
• GOOD GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF
  GOOD GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS. Approximately twenty tintypes and twenty-five various photographs including portraits agricultural and domestic scenes a family group and a wonderful collection of early sports images from the West Virginia Collegiate Institute. WVCI now West Virginia State University is an historically African-American university founded in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute.
• GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN
  GROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS, THEORY, AND THOUGHT, FROM THE LIBRARY OF GENERAL COLIN L. POWELLGROUP OF BOOKS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS, THEORY, AND THOUGHT, FROM THE LIBRARY OF GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL, titles include: Who's who in Black Washington, D.C: The Inaugural Edition; The State of Black America 2009; The Ten Things You Can't Say in America; Never Forget: The Riveting Story of One Woman's Journey from Public Housing to the Corridors of Power; American American Political Though, 1890-1930; Some Greats as Presidents of the United States; Black Diplomacy: African Americans and the State Department 1945-1969; Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback into a New Vision of Social Justice; Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer; Counsel for the Situation: Shaping the Law to Realize America's Promise; Black on Red: My 44 Years Inside the Soviet Union; The Black Power Imperative: Racial Inequality and the Politics of Nonviolence; Jumping Double Dutch: A New Agenda for Blacks and the Republican Party; Dream Makers, Dream Breakers: The World of Justice Thurgood Marshall; King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; Journey into Diplomacy: A Black Man's Shocking Discovery (17) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
• American School 20th c. "Holding
  American School 20th c. "Holding the Floor" oil on canvas initialed "B.P." and dated "37" lower right 24 in. x 22 in. unframed. Note: In 1937 the Southern Negro Youth Congress was established by young people who had attended the1936 National Negro Congress in Chicago and wanted to implement its call for action. These young leaders including veteran activists James Jackson Edward Strong Helen Gray and Esther Cooper gathered in Richmond Virginia and formed the first headquarters of SNYC. In 1939 the organization would move its headquarters to Birmingham Alabama.
• (MARYLAND: AFRICAN-AMERICANS)
  (MARYLAND: AFRICAN-AMERICANS) Two accomplished pencil sketches of domestic activities near Baltimore, early 20th Century attributed to "Sallie" (reported to have been a slave) and inscribed on the mats, "Stemer's Run 1904". One depicts an African American boy tending a cauldron in a farmyard; the other an elderly African-American woman seated in a kitchen.