Cat.No: 114550 The Dunbar speaker and entertainer; containing the best prose and poetic selections by and about the Negro race, with programs arranged for special entertainments, and an introducton by Leslie Pinckney Hill, illustrated. Alice Dunbar-Nelson, ed.

The Dunbar speaker and entertainer; containing the best prose and poetic selections by and about the Negro race, with programs arranged for special entertainments, and an introducton by Leslie Pinckney Hill, illustrated

Napierville, IL: J. L. Nichols & Co., 1920. Hardcover. 288p., illus. with photos (including a frontis portrait. of Dunbar-Nelson) and drawings, some wear at spine ends, else very good condition.

Dunbar-Nelson created this reader to counteract white stereotypes by enabling a public hearing for black authors in a number of areas -- juvenile, dialect, drama, oratory, etc. -- as part of her lifetime of racial activism.

Cat.No: 114550

Price: $225.00

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