BUCK, D.D., Rev. The Progression of the Race in the United ...

BUCK, D.D., Rev. The Progression of the Race in the United States and Canada. Treating of the Great Advancement of the Colored Race. [Chicago: Atwell Printing and Binding Co., 1907].

8vo. Numerous illustrations from photographs including frontispiece portraying Sojourner Truth. Original gilt-lettered maroon cloth (some wear to extremities, hinges cracked).

FIRST EDITION of this scarce historical survey that includes hundreds of brief biographies of successful African-American businessmen and women in the U.S. at the turn of the century.