[MUSIC]. THURMAN, Howard. Deep River: An Interpretation of Negro Spirituals. Mills College, CA: The Eucalyptus Press, 1945.
Sale 1005 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 1, 2022
Lots Close
Mar 8, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$100 -
$200
Sold for $63
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[MUSIC]. THURMAN, Howard. Deep River: An Interpretation of Negro Spirituals. Mills College, CA: The Eucalyptus Press, 1945.
8vo. (Light toning/soiling to margins.) Original publisher's blue boards (minor sunning to spine); original publisher's illustrated dustjacket (few holes, minor chips at edges).
FIRST EDITION. Howard Thurman (1900-1981) was the first Black dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University and co-founder of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco, California, the first inter-racially co-pastored church in America. He was one of the principal architects of the modern, nonviolent civil rights movement and a mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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