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Lot 19
[WOMEN]. A group of items associated with African American women, including booklets from the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Heritage Series.
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$300 - 500
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[WOMEN]. A group of items associated with African American women, including booklets from the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Heritage Series.

Collection of the first five editions of the "Heritage Series." Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 1968-1972. No. 1: "Negro Women in the Judiciary," 24pp; No. 2: "Women in Politics," 35pp; No. 3 "Women in Business," 24pp; No. 4: "Women in Medicine," 32pp; and No. 5: "Women in Dentistry," 27pp. Each booklet 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. and containing black and white photographs (condition of booklets generally good with some light toning to covers and light wear).

[With:] Black and white international press photo of Shirley Chisolm, 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in., with Camera Press Ltd. of London stamp and sticker on verso identifying Chisolm as the "first Negro Congresswoman." 30 June 1969. Chisolm was elected in 1968 to serve as the Congresswoman for New York's 12th congressional district. -- "The Great Beautiful Black Women Collection. Portraits by Paul Collins." Chicago: Johnson Products Co., 1978. 34pp, 8 1/2 x 1 1 in. (wear, scratching, and creasing to cover, light toning). Features portraits and biographies of famous Black women from throughout history, including Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Tubman, Madame C.J. Walker, Marian Anderson, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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