Some time ago : a historical portrait of Black Americans from 1850-1950 / [selected by] Chester Higgins, Jr. and [text by] Orde Coombs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Higgins, Chester.

Coombs, Orde.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History--Pictorial works.

African Americans.

History.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

History.

Pictorial works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xviii, 206 pages : portraits, facsimile, photographs ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1980.

Summary:

Collection of nearly 200 black & white photographs culled from attics, libraries, and museums documenting the Black experience in this country from 1850-1950. Includes many portraits of both famous and unknown people along with historical photos.

Contents:

Preface / Chester Higgins, Jr.

Introduction / Orde Coombs

Those who knew slavery

Some women

And some men ...

Obstacle course

Faith

Friends

Each other

Tomorrow

To trample ignorance

To build

Battlefields

In search

Epilogue / Orde Coombs.

Notes:

"The Anchor Press edition is the first publication of Some Time Ago. Anchor Press edition: 1980."

"Jacket design by Lewis Friedman."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has dust jacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has article from New York Times laid in.

Other Format:

Online version: Some time ago.

ISBN:

038512001X

9780385120012

OCLC:

7572720