AFRO-AM PUBLISHING COMPANY
INCORPORATED

765 E. Oakwood Blvd.

Phone 924-4721

Chicago 53, Illinois

DAVID P. ROSS, PRESIDENT

RUSSELL L. ADAMS, SECRETARY

EDWARD S. GILLESPIE, TREASURER

EUGENE WINSLOW, VICE-PRESIDENT
ART AND PRODUCTION DIRECTOR

W. LOUIS DAVIS, VICE-PRESIDENT
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR

FLEETWOOD M. MCCOY
GENERAL COUNSELOR

Dear Civic Leader:

We are approaching the 39th anniversary of NEGRO HISTORY WEEK, February 7th thru 13th. This week, which is dedicated to pay tribute to the heritage of the Negro people, was initiated in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, often referred to as the "Father of Negro History."

Woodson recognized that to become a "full man" the Negro must be made cognizant of his glorious past. In 1915 he organized the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, which today has a devoted national membership.

We here at AFRO-AM felt that NEGRO HISTORY WEEK would take on greater meaning, if it is dedicated each year to one of our illustrious leaders. It seemed fitting and proper that this first dedication serve as a tribute and memorial to Carter G. Woodson.

To implement and publicize this dedication, we are inviting all civic leaders and their organizations to join with us in making this observance an event of real and vital significance in every community of our nation. Will you use the influence of your position to help immortalize this great contributor to our American history.

Educational Publishers

# Here are Display Pictures of Negroes in our history

## 24 large, two-color prints in portfolio

Here is a set of attractive 11" x 14", 2-color illustrations—with short biographical text—suitable for mounting or framing. They are offered to meet the increasing need for educational material on the important Negro contributions to history and progress. Pictures include the following individuals:

Crispus Attucks
Jeanne Baptiste Pointe DeSable
Benjamin Banneker
Harriet Tubman
Frederick A. Douglass
Robert Smalls
Blanche K. Bruce
P. S. B. Pinchback

Jan Ernest Matzelinger
Garrett A. Morgan
George Washington Carver
Matthew A. Henson
Daniel Hale Williams
Maggie Walker
Robert S. Abbott
Mary Church Terrell

Mary McLeod Bethune
Booker T. Washington
Carter G. Woodson
Phillis Wheatley
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Harry T. Burleigh
Charles Gilpin

## An inspiring Negro History exhibit

Civic, religious, and human relations organizations, faced with the annual problem of assembling exhibits for Negro History Week (the second week in February) and Brotherhood Week (the third week in February) will really welcome this portfolio. Fraternal and social groups can use them whenever there is an occasion to broaden inter-racial understanding. Even business establishments will find them an inexpensive and surprisingly effective public relations tool—as give-aways, premiums, awards, or simply by displaying them.

Inspiring pin-up portfolio for young and old. All youngsters have their heroes. These pictures can serve as inspiring pin-ups to deepen the racial pride of Negroes, increase the social awareness of whites, and stir the ambition of underprivileged and minority groups.

## A valuable teaching aid

Teachers will find this well-chosen portfolio of great Americans a valuable teaching tool in social studies, a timely supplement to a course in civics, and an enlightening display for American history. Children of all races in the elementary grades will respond to this pictorial introduction to our democratic heritage. Minority-group students will gain a particular sense of pride and motivation from these brief, dramatic stories. Designed for displaying in the classroom, on the bulletin board, or in school corridors, they will prove useful to any educator.

## A quality product

In addition to the large portraits, are brief biographies, and dates of birth and death. As an added educational tool, each plate is footnoted for text reference. The entire portfolio is produced to give you years of service. The finest quality extra-heavy paper is used. For added durability and beauty, the prints are plastic coated, making them easy to keep clean. The portfolio provides for storage and protection.

Limited Introductory Offer—only $4.95

Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
(1837-1920)

"LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA"

Pinckney Pinchback was born a slave in Mississippi May 10, 1827. He was a reservoir worker; raised two companies of Union troops as a Union Army in 1867; was a delegate to the National Convention of 1868, elected state senator. In 1872, he was a delegate to the National Convention of 1872, and later served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1873 until he was deposed from office in 1877. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1877, and was appointed a member of the United States Senate in 1879, but was deposed from office in 1881. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1881, and was re-elected a member of the Senate in 1882, but was deposed from office in 1884. He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1884, and was re-elected a member of the Senate in 1886, but was deposed from office in 1887.

Mary Church Terrell
(1863-1954)

Mary Church Terrell was born Sept. 23, 1863, educated at Oberlin College, attended in 1865 to the District of Columbia School board, appointed a member of the NAACP in 1900, held the position of Delta Xi chapter president, and was a delegate to the National Council of Christian Youth,Theta Xi, as a delegate to the National Council of Christian Youth in Berlin, who gave his address in Germany, and English, worked for the passage of the 1903 act which gave women the right to vote, was active in demonstrations for desegregated public facilities in Washington, D. C.

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Carter G. Woodson

FOUNDER OF NEGRO HISTORY WEEK

To help promote the memorial to Carter G. Woodson,
Afro-Am is giving away a limited number of this
two-color print from the portfolio. To get yours, just
fill in and mail the coupon below with 25¢ in cash to
cover postage and handling.

A timely and essential book...

GREAT NEGROES-Past and Present

by Russell Adams

Here is a treasure of information that belongs in every home and school library. An essential source reference wherever factual material on the Negro is desired. Historical and biographical data on Africans and their descendants—dating from the time of the Pharaohs to the present day—with more than 150 large Two-Color illustrations, footnoted text, index and bibliography listing. Educators have found this book to be the ideal social studies text reference for elementary and high school students. It is highly recommended for human relations study groups.

On the approved reading list of Education Boards in principal cities.

In the major universities and libraries of the nation.

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