The Negro Revolution
New York: The Macmillan Company[1968], 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 2-247, [1] pp. Red cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with full-page and in-text black and white photographs. Goldston's history of Black people, beginning with the Kush people of modern day Sudan, ancient Ethiopia, then covering the kingdom of Benin, then the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, the American Civil War to Reconstruction, the rise of the Klan, and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's. Goldston dispels the various racist myths that white Americans historically propagated, and examines the work that Black people did to pave a better future for themselves in a segregated United States. His book concludes with a discussion of Martin Luther King, Jr. and how the Civil Rights movement intersects with the movement for peace. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000010064
Jacket shows minor edge wear.
Price: $100.00