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James Weldon JohnsonTHE WASHINGTON RIOTS AN N.A.A.C.P. INVESTIGATION ... AN EXTRACT [caption title].
New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, [1919]. [4]pp. Top-folded leaflet (23 x 14.5 cm). Printed in brown on pale cream stock. A couple of soft vertical creases, otherwise fine. Item #WRCLIT88298
A separate two-column, closely set reprinting of a lengthy excerpt from Johnson's article, based on its appearance in THE CRISIS, September 1919. The verso of the second panel is an application form for membership in the NAACP, with printed date of 1919, requesting that checks be payable to Joel Elias Spingarn, acting treasurer. Poet / journalist / memoirist / activist Johnson served in several capacities with the NAACP, beginning in 1917. The year following the publication of the article, he was selected to serve as Executive Secretary. Scarce: OCLC locates two copies: Yale and Brown.
Price: $650.00