Civil Rights & Niagara Movement
John Brown is an endlessly fascinating historical figure. Here are two classic studies by a pioneer in African American studies, one about the place of John Brown in African American history, the other about the reasons for the unique esteem in which he has been held by successive generations of blacks.This two-in-one edition features a new introduction by William S. McFeely, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Grant: A Biography. Author: Benjamin Quarles. Publisher: Da Capo Press. Paperback, 164 pages. Measures 5" x 8"x1.25". Weighs: 12.2 oz.
In the first book-length study of Storer College, Dawne Raines Burke tells the story of the historically black institution from its Reconstruction origins to its demise in 1955. Established by Northern Baptists in the abolitionist flashpoint of Harpers Ferry, Storer was the first college open to African Americans in West Virginia, and it played a central role in regional and national history. In addition to educating generations of students of all races, genders, and creeds, Storer served as the second meeting place (and the first on U.S. soil) for the Niagara Movement, a precursor to the National Association for the Adavancement of Colored People. An American Phoenix provides a comprehensive and extensively illustrated history of this historically black college, bringing to life not just the institution but many of the individuals who taught or were educated there. It fills a significant gap in our knowledge of African American history and the struggle for rights in West Virginia and the wider world. Publisher: Storer College Books. Hardcover, 151 pages. Measures 11.25" x 0.5" x 9.25". Weighs 35.9 oz.
Thirty full-page illustrations chronicle key events of one of the twentieth century's most important social movements. Informative captions accompany the dramatic scenes, from Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation through the movement's struggles and achievements of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Publisher: Dover Publications. Paperback, 30 pages. Measures 8.25" x 10.8". Weighs 4.4 oz.
Bookmark featuring a design of the Lockwood House and information about African American history in Harpers Ferry. Gloss cover. Measures 7" x 2.25".
Bookmark featuring photos of J.R. Clifford, Mary Clifford, and information on J.R. Clifford's role in the Niagara Movement and his time at Harpers Ferry.Gloss cover. Measures 7" x 2.25".
“Marching to a Monument for Freedom” was commissioned in 1994 by the Harpers Ferry Historical Association and the West Virginia Branch of the NAACP, to accompany “The Call for Justice and the Struggle for Equality: Niagara and Beyond” on exhibit at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. This 2006 edition marks the centennial of the Niagara Movement meeting held at Harpers Ferry in August of 1906, the first to be held on American soil, and the meeting that became the cornerstone of the modern civil rights movement. The painting portrays a procession of the delegates as they made their pilgrimage to John Brown’s Fort on the morning of Friday, August 17, 1906. Information from the painting came from a variety of sources including photographs of the fort taken in the late nineteenth century, an excellent group photograph of the men taken when they returned from the march, and a description of the morning’s ceremony taken from “Allies for Freedom” by Dr. Benjamin Quarles. John Brown Day began with a sunrise pilgrimage to the Murphy Farm, the site of John Brown’s fort. A light rain fell as the Niagrites, numbering one hundred strong, walked the two miles to the farm. As they neared the small brick building, Owen Waller, a physician from Brooklyn, New York, bent down a respectfully removed his shoes and socks. Others followed his example before treading on this hallowed ground. Following prayers and stirring remarks by Richard T. Greener, former dean of Howard University Law School, the assemblage marched single-file around the fort singing The Battle Hymn of the republic and John Brown’s Body. Richard Fitzhugh is and artist and illustrator who lives in Washington, D.C.11" x 14" - Single matt - unframed
Bookmark featuring photos of the 1906 Niagara Movement meeting and information on the meeting which took place in Harpers Ferry. Gloss cover. Measures 7" x 2.25".
Explore the meaning of the Niagara Movement and it's historic meeting at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Postcard of the 1906 Niagara Movement Conference in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Measures 7" x 5".
Why do we call West Virginia "A New Home for Liberty?" What did West Virginia have to do about slavery, in order to become a State in 1863? How did a jury in Tucker County, WV strike a blow for racial equality in the 1890s? Who are the West Virginia heroes J.R. Clifford, Granville Hall, Carrie Williams, and Gordon Battelle and why do we admire them? You can learn the answers to these questions and lots more in this exciting book of stories from West Virginia's civil rights history. The first story in the new book is titled "A New Home for Liberty," and describes the creation of West Virginia through the life of the abolitionist and statehood leader Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934). Before the Civil War, Hall's father, a tanner in the Harrison County Town of Shinnston (then a part of Virginia), was indicted for distributing anti-slavery literature. The book's second story, "J.R. Clifford and the Carrie Williams Case," tells how Carrie Williams, an African American teacher in a segregated Tucker County school at the head of the Blackwater Canyon, won a landmark equal rights case in the 1890s before the West Virginia Supreme Court. Williams' lawyer was John Robert(J.R.)Clifford, (1848-1933), the State's first African American attorney. As a teenager, Clifford fought for the Union Army in the Civil War, and he is also a character in the "New Home for Liberty" story.