8.00" (20 cm) Tall Ex-Library Exlibrary markings. Originally a softcover, this has been rebound in buckram over boards as a hardcover. Square with tight binding and hinges. Clean, slightly age-darkened text pages. Scarce collection of poems by African-American poet of the early 20th century. Poems in honor of prominent North Carolina African-Americans (Carl Chavis, war hero; C. C. Spaulding, early developer of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company; James Edward Shepard, early president of North Carolina Central College [University]) as well as other Black leaders. Themes of racial pride. Autobiography precedes poems. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/080046.jpg

8.00" (20 cm) Tall Ex-Library Exlibrary markings. Square with tight binding. No spine creasing; minor edge rubbing to wraps. General shelf wear, scraped area at top left front of wraps, fading at spine. Text pages just a little off-white. One page dog-eared; very little reading wear. 159 pp. Scarce collection of poems by African-American poet of the early 20th century. Poems in honor of prominent North Carolina African-Americans (Carl Chavis, war hero; C. C. Spaulding, early developer of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company; James Edward Shepard, early president of North Carolina Central College [University]) as well as other Black leaders. Themes of racial pride. Autobiography precedes poems. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/290237.jpg