(RACE HISTORY) RICHARDSON CLEMENT; COMPILER The National Cyc

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(RACE HISTORY.) RICHARDSON, CLEMENT; COMPILER. The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race, Volume I (all published). Copious illustrations. 619 pages folio [12 x 8] high]; rebound in black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine; retaining a portion of the original gilt lettered cover affixed to the front cover. Montgomery AL: National Publishing Co., 1919

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rare first and only edition, volume one the only volume published. An extraordinary undertaking, published at the end of WWI, a signal moment for the race, with thousands of black soldiers returning from the war. Richardson was President of the Lincoln Institute in Jefferson City, Missouri. A valuable resource for biographical information not easily found. With a four-page Index at the end, arranged by state. Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950 page 19; not in the Blockson Collection.