Feb 21, 2008 - Sale 2137

Sale 2137 - Lot 341

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(RACE RELATIONS.) GRIGGS, SUTTON E. Life's Demands; Or, According to Law. 170 pp. Small 8vo, original stiff wrappers with some chips and wear. Nashville: National Public Welfare League, (1917)

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first edition. A book on what Griggs calls "Racial Success" and "Racial Adjustment." Griggs was the author of many books including several novels, most of them having to do with the issue of color and "passing" in America, but one of them "Imperium in Imperio" deals with the establishment of a secret Negro nation within the United States, based in Waco, Texas.