Item #11697 Progress of a Race, or the Remarkable Advancement fo the American Negro from the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance, and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust. African Americana, with special, Charles M. Melden Mrs. Booker T. Washington, M. W. Dogan, Albon L. Holsey, Robert R. Morton, Albon L. Holsey., J. L. Nichols, William H. Crogman.
Progress of a Race, or the Remarkable Advancement fo the American Negro from the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance, and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust

Progress of a Race, or the Remarkable Advancement fo the American Negro from the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance, and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust

Naperville: J. L. Nichols & Company, (1928). Black & white photographs, cuts. Full cloth. Octavo. 480 pages. Near Fine. Bound in salmon-colored cloth over boards with black titles and ruling to spine and upper board. Minor extremity rubs and wear. There is a closed 1" tear in bottom margin of dedication page. Hinges sound.

Revised and enlarged edition of the 1902 original work, tracing the exceptional progress made by African Americans in the fields of education, business, and religion just a generation after slavery. Many illustrations.

Item #11697

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