The Black Press, 1827-1890: The Quest for National Identity

"The selections, presented here for the first time, represents a wealth of source material in Black history. Chosen from more than fifty newspapers from all over the country, they typify widely divergent points of view, ranging from considered arguments for Black colonization to impassioned pleas for political equality, from demands for the organization of Black workingmen to the piognant and bitter attempt of a wife to locate her newly freed husband." -- Publisher statement on back cover.