(RACE HISTORY AND UPLIFT.) JOHNSON, EDWARD A. A School History of the Negro Race in America. Illustrated. 192 pages. 8vo, original blind-stamped green cloth; copyright notice hand-stamped in purple by the author on the verso of the title-page. Raleigh, printed and bound for the author, 1890
first edition, first issue of this work, which was reprinted numerous times. Edward A. Johnson (1860-1944), teacher, lawyer, businessman and politician, was born a slave in a wealthy home in Raleigh. One of 11 children, he managed to get an excellent education, eventually attending Atlanta University. Despite his success and affluence he was the victim of harsh prejudice and moved to New York in 1907
