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Coles, Howard Wilson (1903-1996) Frederick Douglass monthly. [Vol. 1, no.1 (March 1948)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05822 Author/Creator: Coles, Howard Wilson (1903-1996) Place Written: Rochester, New York Type: Magazine Date: March 1948 Pagination: 4 p. ; 28 x 21.6 cm. Order a Copy

Published by Voice Publishing Co. Contains reprint of Douglass's "Men of Color, to Arms" from the 2 March 1863 printing: "This is our golden opportunity. Let us accept it and forever wipe out the dark reproaches unsparingly hurled against us by our enemies." Also includes a printing of a radio speech by Mrs. Howard W. Coles on Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony (originally delivered 3 November 1947). Includes an article on Abraham Lincoln, and a quiz on African American history. Stamped "Sample." On first page, contains a print of a photograph of Douglass.

Coles was an author, historian, and sociologist who focused his work on African Americans in Rochester and New York State. He wrote and published The Cradle of Freedom (1941), a scholarly history of African Americans in western New York.

Coles, Howard Wilson, 1903-1996
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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