Distinguished Negroes Abroad

Washington DC: The Associated Publishers, 1946. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); tan cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,[3],4-272pp; illus. Some faint, whitish staining to base of spine, rubber-stamp of an old secondary school at upper front pastedown, else clean throughout; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.65), shelfworn, with loss to base of spine, some corresponding faint staining to lower spine panel, neat split along lower front joint, with several nicks, tears, and attendant creases; Very Good. Educational text compiled by two African-American women, under the direction of Carter G. Woodson, "for extending the study of the Negro in the junior and senior high schools. As a rule, the study of this element of our population does not include much about its origin or about others of the same race in distant lands...We may be able thereby to make comparison of the opportunities for all peoples in certain countries in contra-distinction to the policies in lands where such advantages are denied" (from preface). A richly-illustrated volume, touching on prominent but unsung figures from Asia, Spain, France, England, the West Indies, and South America.