For Freedom: A Biographical Story of the American Negro
Philadelphia: Franklin Publishing and Supply Co., 1934.
Second edition, revised. [3] - 193 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with pictorial stamping in black; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light wear and soiling to covers, very light spotting to textblock edges. Ink initials to front free endpaper, ownership stamp of the Dayton Board of Education to back pastedown, and light toning and thumbing to contents.
The second edition of Arthur Huff Fauset's juvenile history of prominent Black Americans, first published in 1927. Fauset was a writer, anthropologist, and civil rights activist who spent years working in Philadelphia public schools. His groundbreaking book argued the essential contributions of African-Americans to their country's history. Fauset wrote in the preface:
"It is told in the spirit of young folk because they, more than any of us, are able to re-live the lives and struggles of heroic characters with that innocence and fidelity of interpretation which are so essential to a true understanding of the elements which underlie human aspiration."
Price: $750