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"Immediate post-World War II survey of the plight Blacks in Africa, the West Indies, Latin America, and the United States by Howard University professor, author, and Pan-Africanist, Rayford Whittingham Logan (1897–1982). Published by the African American publishing firm, The Minorities Publishers. Prof. Logan decries the legacy of over 400 years of slavery and the resulting treatment of Blacks as being inferior. “The raising of the status of the Negro will make it more difficult to argue that the Negro is by nature inferior and the growing body of literature portraying the achievements of Negroes will make it more difficult to carry on this propaganda based on ignorance" (p. 10)"--Rare Americana website, viewed March 6, 2024.

Raised as a plantation slave who was taught to read and write by one of his owners, Frederick Douglass became a brilliant writer, eloquent orator, and major participant in the stuggle of African-Americans for freedom and equality. In this engrossing, first-hand narrative originally published in 1845, he vividly recounts early years of physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy; his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. A powerful autobiography of a passionate civil rights advocate, this book will be of value to anyone interested in African-American history.