THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY Volume I and Volume II. By CARTER G. WOODSON.

Each copy is SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by the author, CARTER G. WOODSON, as follows:

"To Miss M. E. Cromwell / with the best wishes of / C. G. Woodson / Jan 19, 1918".

Mary E. Cromwell was a founder of the The National Association of University Women, an activist for equality for African-American girls, and a mathematician. Her father was John Wesley Cromwell. John Wesley Cromwell is listed in the Index of Volume I.

Two hardcover books, gilt titling to the spines, 5.5x8.5 inches. Pagination: Volume I, iv, 462 pages. Volume II, iv, 464 pages.

Published by The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Lancaster, PA, and Washington DC, 1916 and 1917. First editions.

GOOD MINUS condition: There is chipping to the spine ends, the cover corner tips are worn through, there is a 1 inch split at the bottom edge of the front cover of Volume I, and the covers have some signs of handling. Internally, there is white cloth tape reinforcement / repair to the front and rear inner hinges and to the hinges of some of the prelim and latter pages of each volume; the inner hinge is cracked at a few places but holding; all the pages are lightly age toned, otherwise the inner pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

HISTORIC and IMPORTANT African-Americana. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by CARTER G. WOODSON to his 1918 colleague at M Street / Dunbar High School MARY E. CROMWELL, the noted Black activist and mathematician, these two volumes are not only rare but unique..

About CARTER G. WOODSON (from Wikipedia):

******Carter Godwin Woodson, b.1875 d.1950, was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history. A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, Woodson has been called the FATHER OF BLACK HISTORY. In February 1926 he launched the celebration of Negro History Week, now known as the Black History Month.

In 1911 he began teaching at M Street (Dunbar) High School - An Elite Black

school. One of his colleagues was the mathematics teacher, Mary E. Cromwell. In 1912 Woodson was the second African American, after W. E. B. Du Bois, to obtain a PhD degree from Harvard University. But he continued for years teaching at M STREET HIGH SCHOOL until, in 1919, he joined the Howard University faculty.

Woodson worked to preserve the history of African Americans. He noted that African-American contributions were overlooked, ignored, and even suppressed by the writers of history.******

Read much more about Carter G. Woodson on his Wikipedia Page, in the article: THE BURGEONING 'CAUSE,' 1920-1930 AN ESSAY ON CARTER G. WOODSON (found when searched under that title), and elsewhere on the Internet.

About MARY E. CROMWELL, to whom the books are inscribed:

******Mary E. Cromwell earned her A.B. degree from the University of Michigan and her M.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and did additional graduate work at Columbia University. She taught mathematics at M STREET HIGH SCHOOL / DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL, an elite public High School for African-Americans in Washington, D.C. Miss Cromwell was keenly interested in social problems, especially as they concerned African American women. She was a founder of the National Association of University Women, and served as its first Secretary.

The noted African-American JOHN WESLEY CROMWELL b.1846 d.1927,

was her father.

MARY E. CROMWELL and CARTER G. WOODSON both taught at M Street / Dunbar High School in 1918, the year in which these books were inscribed by Woodson to Miss. M. E. Cromwell.******

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Scarce Exhibition Catalogue from an extraordinary 1982 St. Louis Museum film exhibition commemorating the achievement of Black independent filmmakers and cinematographers, many of whom are Black Women.

BLACK ON BLACK. Films by African American Filmmakers.

Published by the Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, 1982. First edition, first printing. Prologue by Richard Gaugert, African American Film Curator for the St. Louis Museum, and interviews with selected filmmakers by Oliver Franklin, pioneering independent Black film producer who founded the Black American Film Festivals in Philadelphia. Softcover, embossed black card covers, 11" x 8.5", side staple bound, glassine front and rear endpapers, 37 (3) pages, illustrated with 29 black & white portraits and film stills. GOOD CONDITION: covers are lightly creased around staples, and have some light wear, there is waviness and light shorelining to the upper front edge of the covers and the inner pages probably from long ago contact with water, there is an Oakland Museum Library stamp on the glassine front free endpaper, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, respectable copy of this scarce exhibition catalogue.

Featuring the following films and filmmakers: KUUMBA: SIMON'S NEW SOUND, 1978, Carol Munday Lawrence; CLARENCE AND ANGEL, 1980, Robert Gardner; GODS IN EXILE, 1975-76, Alfred Santana; A PLACE IN TIME, 1976, Charles Lane; JUST BRIEFLY, 1976, Louise Fleming; TRANSMAGNIFICAN DAMBAMUALITY, 1976, Ronald K. Gray; MOJA: THE LAST AMERICAN, 1977, Ed Henderson; FOUR WOMEN, 1977, Julie Dash; KILLER OF SHEEP, 1977, Charles Burnett; PASS/FAIL, 1978, Roy Campanella, Jr.; CHARLES WHITE: DRAWINGS FROM LIFE, 1979, Carlton Moss; HOMECOMIN', 1980, Sati Jamal & Reginald Brown; SYVILLA: THEY DANCE TO HER DRUM, 1979, Ayoka Chenzira; RADIO, 1980, Carl Clay; A DIFFERENT IMAGE, 1982, Alile Sharon Larkin; TRYPTICH, 1978, William C. West; THE CEREMONY, 1980, Hugh Thompson; FLESH, METAL, WOOD, 1981, Floyd Webb; FOR COLORED MEN WHO'VE HAD ENUF!, 1981, Ileen Sands; THE CALLING, 1981, Charles Fox III; GEORGE'S DEBUT, 1980, John Perry III, INVISIBLE, 1982, Bob Clark. Each artist has a brief biography, most have photographic portraits, and a film still.

Acclaimed African American Film Scholar Clyde Taylor writes in the catalogue's historic essay on Black Cinema, "The films showcased by the Black On Black series are part of a new Black cinema, a vital art movement whose popular recognition may lie just over the horizon .... Still, the paradox remains. A fuller, more balanced, responsible portrayal of Black people is found in this new cinema than in Hollywood's total output, including the Black exploitation films of the 1970's. Yet the new Black cinema goes barely noticed by those searching for "positive Black images." Why? The perspective of history is needed to understand this contradiction and to grasp the significance of this Black renaissance in films."

Of note: Clyde Taylor coined the term L.A. Rebellion, a movement inspired by UCLA graduate student Charles Burnett's film "Killer of Sheep" (found in this catalogue) where young Black filmmakers concerned with the portrayal of African Americans on screen, saw film as a means for social change.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN PENTECOSTALS asked for FORGIVENESS by WHITES

Two rare pieces of ephemera related to the MEMPHIS MIRACLE, a conference where the WHITE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH asked AFRICAN-AMERICANS for Forgiveness, and set a path towards interacial reconciliation.

(1) PENTECOSTAL PARTNERS - A Reconciliation Strategy for 21st Century Ministry. Memphis, Tennessee, October 17-19, 1994.

A two-fold, six-panel (three on front, three on rear), 8.5x11 inch, announcement for the conference.

From the announcement: "October 17-19, 1994, will be 'red letter' days in the history of the Pentecostal Movement in America...The primary focus will be reconciliation of the African-American and Euro-American branches of the Movement...There is powerful evidence that God is answering the prayer of His Son, Jesus Christ, that His people may be one. A reconciliation dialogue will be open to the 200 participating leaders and pastors from both branches of the Movement and 1000 invited observers."

The conference of the ALL WHITE Pentecostal and Charismatic Church leaders and the ALL BLACK Pentecostal and Charismatic Church leaders went well. Some of the feet of Black church leaders were washed by White church leaders. The ALL WHITE and ALL BLACK Pentecostal Churches unified and became interracial under one umbrella, the Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America.

This important meeting became known as THE MEMPHIS MIRACLE.

(2) MEMPHIS MIRACLE REVISITED - Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America, September 30 - October 2, 1996, Memphis, Tennessee.

A two-fold, six-panel (three on front, three on rear), 8.5x11 inch, announcement for the conference.

From the announcement: "Memphis was the site for the 1994 conference, as God shook the world with the MEMPHIS MIRACLE..."

CONDITION: Both items are in VERY GOOD condition, just some signs handling and use, still solid, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

About the MEMPHIS MIRACLE (from Wikipedia):

******The Memphis Miracle was a 1994 meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, where representatives of Pentecostal and Charismatic denominations and churches came together to form the Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America (PCCNA), an interdenominational and racially inclusive partnership. The PCCNA was created to replace the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America (PFNA) which was formed in 1948 by White Pentecostal Churches, but excluded Black Pentecostal groups. The PCCNA was created to remedy the situation, and it was at the Memphis meeting that the PFNA and its members apologized to the Black Pentecostal bodies.******

This is a landmark civil rights trial in which the plaintiff claims to have been unconstitutionally subjected to cruel and unusual punishment by the conditions at Soledad prison in 1965.

Robert Charles Jordan, Jr., Plaintiff v. C. J. Fitzharris et al, Defendants. Published by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, September 6, 1966. Memorandum Opinion and Order by U.S. District Court Chief Judge George B. Harris. Legal document, stapled bound typewritten sheets, 8.5" x 11", 22 pages. VERY GOOD Condition: light age toning, a small paperclip stain, tiny edge tears to rear cover, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

In 1966 a Black prisoner named Robert Charles Jordan, Jr. filed a lawsuit against the Superintendent of Soledad prison charging "cruel and unusual" punishment. What was surprising about this case was that the court found in Jordan's favor. Mr. Jordan was locked in solitary confinement in a "strip cell" at Soledad Prison. The complaint goes on to detail many more inhumane conditions and treatment. After the court ruled that Jordan had in fact been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, the Superintendent of Soledad, Cletus Fitzharris, remained at the head of the prison for 5 more years. He was then promoted to deputy director of the California Department of Corrections. Robert Charles Jordan Jr. was born in 1939 and was 27 years old when he filed this case. He had been convicted at age 19 of assault and has remained, as of 2020, incarcerated in a California prison. The Eighth Amendment prohibits the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s pushed (at national, and local levels and in legislatures and courts) to recognize that the government disproportionately policed, incarcerated, and oppressed people of color and the economically disadvantaged. Court litigation records like this detail the horrific treatment incarcerated people continue to endure in prison.

Typescript Draft of the novel DAYS WITHOUT WEATHER by CECIL BROWN, an African-American author and screenwriter.

Copy of an original draft typescript. This early photocopy of the original typed pages was probably made for distribution to agent, editor and/or publisher.

The last page is Signed and Dated: "July 3, 1981 / Hollywood-Berkeley 1979, 81 / Cecil Brown" (again, this is a draft COPY of the actual signed page, not a hand signature on this draft) . The author's typed name "Brown": is at the top of every page. 296 pages, printed on plain 8.5x11 inch paper, printed on one side only (i.e. there are 296 sheets of paper).

Accompanying this typescript draft is a HAND SIGNED and INSCRIBED First Edition of DAYS WITHOUT WEATHER. Hardcover book in dustjacket, 5.5x8 inches, 250 pages. Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. "First Edition 1983" stated on the copyright page. The inscription is on the front free endpaper: "To Stanley / Here's to the new friendship! / Cecil Brown / Sept. 6 1987".

The TYPESCRIPT is in GOOD condition: the pages are lightly age toned; the first page has some closed edge tears, corner creases, and edge wear; the first 25 pages have corner creases; the last 10 pages have corner creases; the last several pages have edge wear, closed edge tears, and creases; the last page has a lot of creasing and edge tears; there are early photocopy machine smudges, marks, and lines here and there throughout. Overall, ALL PAGES, including the first and last page, remain bright and clear. The BOOK is in NEAR FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and clear; the DUSTJACKET is in GOOD condition, substantially sunned / faded at the spine, otherwise solid and bright. A nice, signed, first edition copy.

SCARCE WORKING DRAFT of the BITTER & FUNNY NOVEL "DAYS WITHOUT WEATHER" by the BLACK NOVELIST and SCREENWRITER CECIL BROWN, along with a first edition, signed and inscribed copy of the published book.

About CECIL BROWN (from Wikipedia):

******Cecil Brown, b.1943, is an African-American author, screenwriter, and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His noted works include The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger and work as a screenwriter on the 1977 Richard Pryor film Which Way Is Up?

Born in rural Bolton, North Carolina, Brown attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University of Greensboro, North Carolina, where he earned his B.A. in English in 1966. He later earned his Ph.D. in African American Studies, Folklore and Narrative from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently a Professor at U.C. Berkeley in the African American Studies Department. His published books include: The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger (1969); Pryor Lives (1969); Days Without Weather (1983); I, Stagolee (1993); Stagolee Shot Billy (2003); and Dude, Where's My Black Studies Department? (2007).

Awards include: Professor John Angus Burrell Memorial Prize, Columbia University, 1966; Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award for DAYS WITHOUT WEATHER, 1984; Berlin Literary Fellowship, 1985; UC Berkeley, Mentor Fellowship, 1992.******

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER - AN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, by Rackham Holt.

SIGNED by GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER and SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the Author, RACKHAM HOLT. Both signatures are on the same blank front endpaper. The author's inscription reads: "For Charlie Marshall / with my best wishes / Rackham Holt".

Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company, Garden City, New York, 1943. First Edition, as stated on the copyright page.

Hardcover book, no dustjacket, 6x9 inches, 342 pages.

GOOD condition: the cover is worn at its corner tips, has some rubs, the spine has a bb-size hole, and the spine lettering is rubbed away, nonetheless the covers are solid and doing their job well; internally, the front free endpaper has a 1 inch closed tear, a creased corner, and a long previous owner's inscription (about how inspirational the life of George W. Carver is), otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean and clear. The author's inscription and the signature of George W. Carver are bright and clear.

NOTE: Prior to his death Carver signed some sheets for this book that were later bound in by the Publisher. (Over the years I have seen a few other copies of this book signed by Carver and each signature was clearly unique.) This book was important to Carver. In the book's Epilogue the author writes: "He (Carver) wanted to see this book published, and to read the record, a record of which he himself did not realize the full magnitude. Dr. Carver wanted to hold this book in his hand, but he could not wait for it. He was very tired, and it was high time he went to rest. As twilight fell on the evening of January 5, 1943, he died, and was buried beside his dear friend, Booker T. Washington..."

TYPED LETTER SIGNED from GOVERNOR NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER to MR. DAVID HYATT, Executive V.P. of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The letter is dated September 16, 1967.

Single page typed on the Governor's State of New York embossed stationery, 7.25x10.5 inches. The letter reads:

"Dear Mr. Hyatt: // Thank you very much for your letter of September fourteenth and for sending me the release on the appointment of Jackie Robinson as National Brotherhood Week Chairman. As you know, I am simply delighted that Mr. Robinson has been so honored. // I appreciate very much your more than kind comments about what my brothers and I have tried to do over the years. And I am grateful particularly for the support of the administration of the State of New York these last nine years of one "ardent Democrat!"// With best wishes, // Sincerely, // Nelson A. Rockefeller (signed)"

GOOD condition, two folds likely where the letter was folded to fit into an envelope (they don't really show in the photo, but are there), a bit of soiling to the upper corners, light signs of handling, still solid, bright, clean and clear.

INFORMAL ADOPTION in BLACK FAMILIES in LOWNDES and WILCOX COUNTIES, ALABAMA. By Lewis W. Jones, Director, Tuskegee Institute Center for Rural Development.

Published by the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, under a Grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1975.

Printed paper covers, side stapled with black cloth tape covering the spine and staples, 8.5x11 inches, 51 pages, pages printed on one side only.

GOOD condition, a few small, light stains, a couple corner creases, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

From the Introduction: "In 1972, forty-eight black children were legally adopted in Alabama. This number by no means accounts for black children who were taken into substitute families. This rearing of children in a substitute family without observance of the prescribed legalities we designate "informal adoption"...It is, of course, difficult to know precisely how many children in what areas are being brought up, and by whom, under such conditions, but there can be no doubt that the number is considerable, in the tens of thousands...It is unlikely that many of the adults and children who have entered into such arrangements are aware of their legal responsibilities and rights...The problem this research considers is that of illuminating the legal, social and cultural contexts in which informal adoption of black children takes place in the rural South..."

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MASSACHUSETTS 1873.

Rare Photo Book filled with small photographic portraits of the 1873 Massachusetts House of Representatives. Most notable is it Includes the African-American LEWIS HAYDEN, an ex-slave who escaped with his wife Harriet from Kentucky to Canada, then moved to Boston where he was an abolitionist, and where he and his wife were an important part of the Underground Railroad. The Lewis and Harriet Hayden house is now a National Historic Site on Boston's Black Heritage Trail.

Original hardcovers, 3/4 leather (spine and corners), gilt page edges, marbled endpapers, 8x8.5 inches oblong, with 12 cardstock leaves (24 pages) with mounted photo plates. Hayden Lewis, representative from Boston, is the only African-American. It was his only term.

VERY GOOD condition, rubs and scrapes to the leather spine and corners, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, lovely copy of this important historic record.

About LEWIS HAYDEN (extracted from Wikipedia):

******Lewis Hayden, b.1811 d.1889, was a slave who had a number of different owners. At one point his first wife and son were purchased by U.S. senator Henry Clay, who sold them to slavers in the deep South. Hayden never saw them again. He later remarried. In 1844 he and his family escaped Kentucky and fled to Canada with the aid of Kentucky abolitionists Delia Webster and Calvin Fairbank, both of whom upon their return were arrested and imprisoned. Hayden later moved to Detroit where he established a school and a church for African Americans, then went to Boston to aid in the abolition movement. In Boston he was an abolitionist lecturer and businessman. He and his wife, Harriet Hayden, were an important part of Boston's Underground Railroad, helping numerous fugitive slaves, often sheltering them at their house.

In 1873 Lewis Hayden was elected as a Republican representative from Boston to the Massachusetts state legislature. He helped found numerous Black lodges of Freemasons. Located on the north side of Beacon Hill, the Lewis and Harriet Hayden House has been designated a National Historic Site on the Black Heritage Trail in Boston.******

About the LEWIS AND HARRIET HAYDEN HOUSE (from the National Park Service website):

******The Lewis and Harriet Hayden House at 66 Phillips (formerly Southac) Street served as the preeminent Underground Railroad safe house in Boston during the 1850s. In the 1840s, the Haydens escaped slavery in Kentucky and eventually settled in Boston. They lived in this house by 1850, operated it as a boarding house, and turned it into one of the most documented safe houses in the area.******

PLEASE READ THE FULL LEWIS HAYDEN WIKIPEDIA PAGE and take a look at the many other articles about him and his wife HARRIET HAYDEN to be found on the Internet.

Congressional Black Caucus, 103rd Congress, 1993-1994 : Members, Committee Assignments, Staff Contacts

The Congressional Black Caucus was formed in 1970 when the 13 Black Members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined together to strengthen their efforts to address the legislative concerns of Black and minority citizens. African American Representatives had increased in number from six in 1966 to nine, following the 1969 elections. Those Members believed that a Black Caucus in Congress, speaking with a single voice, would provide political influence and visibility far beyond their numbers.

Published by the Congressional Black Caucus, A Legislative Service Organization, Washington D.C., 1993. First edition, printed in an unnumbered limited edition for Caucus members and their staff. Illustrated softcovers, side staple bound, 8.5" x 6.75", 88 unnumbered pages including covers, each Caucus member has a two page spread that includes their biography and a black & white photographic portrait. VERY GOOD Condition: light shelfwear and a touch of age, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce, just 2 copies in OCLC collections worldwide.

The African American Legislators in this 1993-94 Congressional Black Caucus compendium are the Honorable: Kweisi Mfume, Cardiss Collins, Alcee L. Hastings, William Jefferson, Barbara-Rose Collins, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Carol Moseley-Braun, John Conyers, William Clay, Louis Stokes, Ronald V. Dellums, Charles B. Rangel, Harold E. Ford, Julian C. Dixon, Major R. Owens, Edolphus Towns, Alan Wheat, Floyd Flake, John Lewis, Donald M. Payne, Craig A. Washington, Gary A. Franks, Eleanor Holmes-Norton, Maxine Waters, Lucien E. Blackwell, Eva Clayton, Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Corrine Brown, James E. Clyburn, Cleo Fields, Earl F. Hilliard, Cynthia A. McKinney, Carrie Meek, Mel Reynolds, Bobby Rush, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, Walter R. Tucker III, Melvin L. Watt, Albert Russell Wynn, and Bennie Thompson.

THE NEGRO PRESS OF KANSAS by Rashey B. Moten, Jr. Includes "Chronological List of Negro Newspapers In Kansas from 1876 to 1938."

Unpublished Master's Thesis, University of Kansas, written in 1936, approved 1938. Softcover, 8.5" x 11", velo bound document, 130 photocopied pages printed on one side only. NEAR FINE Condition: the vintage photocopied pages have the usual copy machine marks, smudges, and variations in brightness, as well as light signs of age and use, overall tight, bright, clean, and unmarked. Uncommon.

One of the earliest and most thorough studies about Black newspapers. In this study of African American newspapers in Kansas, Mr. Moten identified many factors that affected the development of the newspapers, including politics, the lack of coverage for Black issues and concerns by white newspapers, and the Exodusters Migration (Exodusters was a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late 19th century as part of the Exoduster Movement. It was the first general migration of Black people following the Civil War). He found that the press created political alliances and expanded spheres of influence for Black leaders.

Rashey Burial Moten, Jr. (1913-2000) the first African American to lead a Catholic Charities organization, more specifically as the Executive Director at Catholic Charities Kansas City-Saint Joseph from 1970 to 1981. President Carter placed Mr. Moten on the Advisory Committee of the White House Conference on Families. Mr. Moten also helped launch Head Start in 1965, under the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.

The Prophet And Other Paintings by Alvin Hollingsworth

ALVIN HOLLINGSWORTH first attracted widespread critical acclaim with this exhibition, The Prophet Series, that went from the Harbor Gallery, Long Island to the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1970. Romare Bearden positively reviewed the exhibition in the October 17, 1970 issue of the New York Amsterdam News. In a 1971 Ebony magazine interview, Hollingsworth said, "I have always felt that Christ was a Black man," and said the subject represented a "philosophical symbol of any of the modern prophets who have been trying to show us the right way. To me, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King are such prophets."

Rare Catalogue for the Prophet Series Exhibition, published by the Harbor Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1970. First Edition. Softcover, dark yellow textured card covers with black printing and tipped on color plate, 9" x 6", side staple bound, 12 unnumbered pages including covers, illustrated with 7 b&w photographs of Hollingsworth's paintings and a b&w photographic portrait of the artist. NEAR FINE Condition: tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce, only 11 copies in OCLC collections worldwide.

ALVIN C. HOLLINGSWORTH (1928-2000) Leading African American fine artist, trail blazing Black comic artist, painter, illustrator, abstract expressionist, best known for his paintings relating to civil rights issues, the experience of Blacks within the urban landscape, Black women's rights, jazz, spirituality, and dance. Founding member with Romare Bearden of the Spiral Group of African American artists who linked their creative expression to social justice, other prominent members included Charles Alston, Emma Amos, Earl Miller, Norman Lewis, Hale Woodruff, Richard Mayhew, and Reginald Gammon. As early as 1945 he was illustrating comic books for various publishers including Cat Man Comics, which were issued under his name and pseudonyms, by the early 1950's he successfully created his own nationally syndicated comic.

TWO Vintage Artist Exhibition Catalogues, one HAND SIGNED by the Artist OLIVER LEE JACKSON Expressive Abstraction Groundbreaking African American Painter

OLIVER JACKSON. Exhibition Catalogue published on the occasion of the Seattle Art Museum's September 17 - November 7, 1982 exhibit. SIGNED on the title page by the artist. Published by the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1982. First edition. With essay by Thomas Albright. Illustrated softcovers, 11" x 8.5", side staple bound, 31 pages, richly illustrated with 13 full page color plates (including a two page centerfold), 5 b&w images and a portrait of the artist, includes an interview with Jackson and an exhibition checklist. VERY GOOD Condition: covers have former owner's name neatly inked in upper margin, penned relevant notes to title page (studio address) that offset to blank facing page, a touch of light wear from age and use, otherwise an excellent example of this uncommon early catalogue, especially so, SIGNED.

OLIVER LEE JACKSON. Exhibition Catalogue published on the occasion of the North Carolina Southeastern Center For Contemporary Art 1980 exhibit. Published by the Southeastern Center For Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 1980. First edition. With Introduction by Regina Hackett. Glossy card softcover, side staple bound, 10" x 8", 16 unnumbered pages, strikingly illustrated with 6 full page color plates, a b&w portrait of the artist, and a facsimile signature of the artist on the half title page. VERY GOOD Condition: two corners bumped lightly affecting the inner pages, light signs of use and age, overall tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

Oliver Lee Jackson (b. 1935) is a groundbreaking African American painter, printmaker and sculptor. Originally from St. Louis, he was affiliated with the Black Artists Group, which was founded there in 1968 as an interdisciplinary collective of avant-garde jazz musicians, actors, and visual artists. Jackson has lived and worked in Oakland, CA since 1982. A pioneering contributor to the story of abstraction, his dynamic, expressionistic work is viewed as a synthesis of abstraction and figuration, lately seen as Expressive Abstraction. Jackson's artworks are in the permanent collections of many venerable institutions including: The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Detroit Institute of the Arts; New Orleans Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; St. Louis Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; San Jose Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum, and numerous private collections.