New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-26
LITERATURE BY NEGROES.
TIE LIBRARY WHICH THE wOMEN's 10y
AL. UNION Is COLLECTING.
hooks WRITTEN AND PERIODICALS PUBLISHED
by COIORED MEN AND WOMEN-A SUITABLE
HOME WANTED FOR THE COLLECTION.

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Under the skylght OF a business house in Murray
st. is the nucleus OF unique library, which treats OF
the rise and development Of the American negro
The collecting OF the books. pamphlets and manu-
s,rln.s "a the .abor Of the Women's Loya. Union OF
New York CITY and Brooklyn. This organization OF
patriotic Afro-Amercan women was established De-
cenber . 1872 II includes a number OF the educated
c,orel women o, III, East. Its chief aim is the
advocacy OF al the constitutional natural ana c'V
rights OF the people OF African descent IN this coun-
try Il seeks without abatement or exaggeration
correct views Of their moral condition at the pres
ent time in all parta % the country. Opinions are
sought only from such persons as are able By con-
tact social position. known intelligence or actual
expc-icnce To furnish data which may be relied
upon as accurate and trustworthy. These data, IN
valuable to the future historian have special refer
enc. 70 the sancity Il home life. the practice Il
total abstinence tn prevalence Of a~essness. the
proper pr.Gc ~ race the character OF the preaching
an teaching classes emigration Industrial training.
the Importance Of securing homes and the Naue or
the spread % loyal unions as important factors IN
the ultimate solution OF the so-ca:lei race prob
.ein
l. Is the cherished desire o., the union to secure an
alcove for the tcratuye 1t has gathered in one OF
the public libraries OF New-Iork. the books 10 be
reserved FOR reference only As soon as fitting
home IL found FOR this collection. 6. T. Downing. Of
Newport. r. Alexander Crommell. =. Edeo. ".
Rlylcn. and Other wc.l-krown colorel citizens OF
scholarly taste have promised 10 bequeath valuable
anu,crlrt, relating to the colored race. which now
form a part Of their private libraries
WHAT THE LIBRARY CONTAINS
glance 1t this collection OF books written and
Journals edited by the coorcl people OF the United
states H. interesting The books include ~ works ~
the first col3rcI historian William g. Bets. author
OF The History Of the CosorcI Patriots OF the Revo
.utlon". william Wells Browns BLACK Man;
sights AMI Scenes Abroad" the first book OF travel
written by American negro, also the first novel.
"Cloiilde". The Life and Stories OF Frederick Doug
mss" Light and Truth" valuable volume. pIb-
lshcd many years ago. Dr. Perry's "cushlte';
Bond or Free or. Under the Yoke" By John s
I.adue. The Life Of william Lloyd Garrison" by
Archibald Grnke: Joseph Wilson's BLACK Pha-
anx" and Men Of Mark" by the Rev W. J. SIM
mons. Noted Women" by Or. Scruggs; THE Ne
gro Press and IL Editors" by l. Garland Penn
Paul Dunbars "Dlalec, Poems" highly praised by
the 'iIooscr' poet. James Whitcomb Riley John
sons school History; From a Virginia Cabin to
the Capitol" by j. NJ. Langston. lola Leroy" by
Mrs. +. f. Harper. and Music and Some Highly
Musical People" by James VI. Trotter
The scholarly literature OF the colorsd people
before the is found in the pages OF The Anglo
African" magazine published In New-Yori cay In
lS5s Thomas Hamilton was IT. editor and proprie-
tor Its columns were open to the most experienced
writer's OF the day Many important papers on as
tronony. Comets. THE Attraction Of the Planets"
THE Successive Advances Of Astronomy" were con-
tribuied by Martin X. Delaney ami George T.. Vas
hon James Mcclure Smith for II his COM
mcnts on The Fourteenth Query Of Thomas Jeffer-
sons Notes on virginia. and his German Invasion"
In those pages are found "Afric-American Picture
Gallery" by "Ethcpe". Robert Gordon's "person-
ality II the First Cause; DR. Pcnnngton's THE
Self Kcire:ning Power % the colOrcd Races OF the
World" and Dr Elydcn's The slave Traffic"
Current qucs tons wcr" treated by Frederick Doug
lass William G. Nell. John Mercer Langston Thco-
dorc Holly J. Sca Martin. Frances Ellen Wat
kins. Jane Rustcr. Sarah NJ. Douglass and Grace
A. Mopps. - ~
THE ANGLO-AFRICAN."
II was a genuine periodical. Its stan was
we'll known and appreciated by Wendell Phillips and
William Lloyd Garrison 1t nourishcd when the ne
gro in literature was looked upon as "A prodigy
The first colorcd newspaper. "Freedoms Journal"
was published In 1874 1t devoted the up-build-
lag Of the negro. THE Impious Wrongs inflicted
Upon the Colorcd People" says one OF It's editorial
articles will make race literature only "A pos
sbility but necessity, to dssipdtc the o1lum
jured by the term coorcd person. originally de-
fcrior order. but to acccntuate and call unfavorabe
attention to the most ineradcablc difference be-
tween the races
THE Weekly Advocate" established In 1873, by
Philip a. Bell. assisted by DR.. James McCune Smith
Under the name of The Colorcd American" this
second journal nourlshed until 1872 In lS7 Frederick
The most noteworthy journals OF the present pub
lshed by negroes are The New York Age" edited
by T. Thomas Fortune, Ida Wes-IIarnets Free
Speech and John Mches Richmond Planet"
literature. In poems, songs and addresses, the H.
brary reveals the names OF Mrs +. +. w. Harper |
Charlotte Foster Grmke, III. Cordea Ray Gertrude |
Mossell. Mrs q. f. Johnson, w. II. Showers and w |
TO the president of the womens Loyal Union. Mrs |