Rowena Stewart (6 results)

Oversized Paperback. Condition: Good. Good, internally clean, solid paperback with one corner bumped and curled. #.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Shelf wear. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 51 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. Jack Franklin is Philadelphia's most prolific and dedicated recorder of the political figures and events that catapulted the city as a seminal center for civil rights groups and movements. Franklin was the on-site photographer and documented a number of civil rights activities. Included in this book are: -Biography- Jack T. Franklin-Preface- Dr. Rowena Stewart-Forward- Deborah Willis-Introduction- Richard Watson-The Jack Franklin Collection and the Bill of Rights- V.P. Franklin-Whitney Young and the Civil Rights Movement- Dennis C. Dickerson-Charles Houston, Thurgood Marshall and the Civil Rights Movement-Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement- Bettye Collier-Thomas, Ph.D.-Bigotry, Bureaucracy and Brown: The Rise and Demise of the NAACP Alliance- Gilbert Ware, Ph.D. -On the Road to Freedom (Several Franklin photographs of various civil rights marches, moments, and figures.)-Exhibition List.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society; Providence, 1976. Softcover. A Very Good, binding sturdy and intact, some handling/rubbing to covers specifically bottom front and rear cover, bit of cover edge/corner wear, bit of age toning to pages, couple of small soiled specks top text block edge, mild scattered foxing to text block edges and title page/verso last page, a nice, clean and unmarked copy in Oversize Wraps. 4to[quarto or approx. 9.5 x 12 inches], 39pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Illustrated by Lawrence Sykes. Some fading else near fine.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Quarto. 39pp. Illustration and Design by Lawrence Sykes. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Very near fine copy.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Sykes, Lawrence (illustrator). 4to. 39 pp. Stapled mustard yellow pamphlet. Faint foxing to title page. Otherwise clean and sound. First publication from the The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society. Illustrated and designed by Lawrence Sykes. Membership brochure and ad for commemorative plate of the Black Regiment of RI laid-in. Rowena Stewart helped found or curate four major black historical museum societies in her lifetime: The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society from 1975 to 1985; The Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia from 1985 to 1992; The Motown Historical Museum in Detroit from 1992 to 1995, and The American Jazz Museum in Kansas City from 1995 to 2002.