BLACK PANTHERS Julius Lester compiler Our Folk Tales High

Sale 2562 - Lot 74

Price Realized: $ 3,000

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

(BLACK PANTHERS.) Julius Lester, compiler. Our Folk Tales: High John the Conqueror and Other Afro-American Tales. Numerous color illustrations. [39] pages. Oblong 4to, 9 x 12 inches, original spiral binding with cardstock covers illustrated with outlines of Africa and the United States, uneven toning and abrasion to rear cover; minimal wear and toning. [Lowndes County, AL?]: Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, circa 1967

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

First edition. While registering voters throughout the deep south as a member of SNCC, Julius Lester collected these African-American folk songs and tales, which later became part of his 1969 book "Black Folk Tales." The title page has a black panther reading a red colored book to 3 young children. Lester has stated that this was published in-house at SNCC and he believes that less than 1,000 copies were printed. The illustrator Jennifer Lawson, a Black artist, later became senior vice-president at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.