Mar 21, 2013 - Sale 2308

Sale 2308 - Lot 518

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(POLITICS.) MILLER, KELLY. Kelly Miller's Monographic Magazine, No 2. The Political Plight of the Negro. 24 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers; a couple of small to the bottom margin; holes punched, probably for placement in a ring binder, otherwise a fine, tight copy. Washington, D.C.: Murray Brothers, 1913
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The second of a number of monographs by Miller who was professor of sociology at Howard University at this time. Miller explains why the "debt" to the Republican party was considered paid by the black voters of America who effectively abandoned the party in 1912, where over 60% of the colored vote went to the Progressive Party. "It is only the political mummy who yields everlasting allegiance to the dynasty of the Pharaohs. . . "