(DIRECTORIES) JACKSON ANDREW WEBSTER A Sure Foundation and a

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(DIRECTORIES.) JACKSON, ANDREW WEBSTER. A Sure Foundation and a Sketch of Negro Life in Texas. Copious illustrations of portraits. 644 pages. Tall, thick 8vo, original pebble-grained green cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; all edges sprinkled red. Houston: The Author, [1939?]

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first edition of this enormous directory and biographical dictionary of texas negroes. The author as not only assembled a valuable guide to African American businessmen and women, but has interwoven stories, essays, aphorisms, and a general race history as well. Jackson is also quite clear on racial pride: 'Stay with your race, oh Negro Man, and help it to succeed. Stay with it, it's a part of you, its progress don't impede. Stay with the women of your race, they are good enough for you. Don't worship at another shrine, but to your own be true. Don't leave your race for others."