GILBERT, Don, ed. Negro City Directory, 1947-1948. Dallas: Don Gilbert & T.W. Pratt; Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce, 1947. Large 4to (203 x 273 mm). Original red cloth with black titles (a fine copy with only minor wear to corners and edges, very clean internally). Gilbert compiled and published the directory and was also the editor of Applause magazine. The Directory features an illustrated guide of the city and highlights Dallas’s first black police officers, postal carriers, and others. A section of Dallas attorneys includes William J. Durham (1896-1970), a prominent leader in the civil rights movement who would try Sweatt v. Painter (1950) forcing the integration of the University of Texas School of Law. Illustrated throughout with advertisements of black-owned businesses as well as national brands including a decorative fore-edge advertisement for Bluebonnet Beer. The State Fair of Texas even advertises “Two Big Negro Achievement Days” and the white Texas League Dallas Rebels baseball team thank their “loyal Colored Fans who deserve the Best in Sports entertainment.” Very scarce, OCLC locates four copies. Condition: Fine. Minor wear to corners and lower edge. Tight and clean internally.
GILBERT, Don, ed. Negro City Directory, 1947-1948. Dallas: Don Gilbert & T.W. Pratt; Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce, 1947. Large 4to (203 x 273 mm). Original red cloth with black titles (a fine copy with only minor wear to corners and edges, very clean internally). Gilbert compiled and published the directory and was also the editor of Applause magazine. The Directory features an illustrated guide of the city and highlights Dallas’s first black police officers, postal carriers, and others. A section of Dallas attorneys includes William J. Durham (1896-1970), a prominent leader in the civil rights movement who would try Sweatt v. Painter (1950) forcing the integration of the University of Texas School of Law. Illustrated throughout with advertisements of black-owned businesses as well as national brands including a decorative fore-edge advertisement for Bluebonnet Beer. The State Fair of Texas even advertises “Two Big Negro Achievement Days” and the white Texas League Dallas Rebels baseball team thank their “loyal Colored Fans who deserve the Best in Sports entertainment.” Very scarce, OCLC locates four copies. Condition: Fine. Minor wear to corners and lower edge. Tight and clean internally.
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