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A pictorial history of the Negro in America / by Langston Hughes & Milton Meltzer.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection RBC 2026 149
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, author.
- Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--History.
- African Americans.
- Genre:
- illustrated books.
- History
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 316 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Crown Publishers, Inc., [1956]
- Contents:
- The peculiar institution, 1619-1863
- Free men of color, 1619-1863
- The north star, 1619-1863
- Up from slavery, 1863-1900
- The souls of Black folk, 1900-1920
- The new Negro, 1920-1941
- Toward one world, 1941-
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 313) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center RBC 2026 149 purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2026 from Max Rambod. Author's autograph ("Sincerely - Langston Hughes") in green ink on front free endpaper. Bookseller's description of this copy laid in.
- Cited in:
- Dickinson, D.C. Hughes, 30
- OCLC:
- 687496
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