Witnesses for Freedom: Negro Americans in Autobiography by Rebecca Chalmers Barton, First Edition 1948

Rebecca Chalmers Barton

First Edition

[African American] Barton, Rebecca Chalmers. Witnesses for Freedom: Negro Americans in Autobiography. New York: Harper and Bros. 1948. First Edition Hardcover. 294 pages. Measures 6" x 8.5". Book includes short autobiographies of prominent black historical figures including from the late Reconstruction days of Booker T. Washington, to the contemporary experiences of Richard Wright and Langston Hughes. Introduction reads: "In its novel approach the book opens up a new [perspective on the problems of interracial tension. As Mrs. Barton points out, prejudice may be a two-way process." Barton was a member of the Wellesley College Class of 1926 who went on to be an author, teacher, and human rights advocate. After graduating from Wellesley, she worked for a year as an English teacher at Williams Memorial Institute, in New London, Connecticut. From July 1927 to April 1928 she worked as a social worker with the Associated Charities, in Cleveland, Ohio. She also studied at Greifswald University in Northern Germany and completed her dissertation "Race Consciousness and the American Negro" in 1932. Bound in Green with complete gold lettering on spine. Textblock is tight and pages are very clean. Overall, in very good condition.

Item #20045

Price: $225.00