"Your History" Column collection, 1958-1961.

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"Your History" Column collection, 1958-1961.

The J.A. Rogers "Your History" column collection consists of approximately 120 weekly columns he wrote for the "Pittsburgh Courier." The column included both thematic subjects and biographical sketches of blacks worldwide from ancient to contemporary times. The illustrations, which formed an integral part of the column, were done by A. Samuel Milai. The collection dates are 1958-1961, however not all of the columns are included in this collection.

4 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6806636

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Rogers, J. A. (Joel Augustus), 1883-1965?

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J. A. Rogers, born Joel Augustus Rogers in Jamaica, was a journalist and author of fiction and non-fiction works. He immigrated to the United States in 1906. A self-educated man, Rogers authored numerous books and articles on race subjects. Among his non-fiction works are "World's Greatest Men and Women of African Descent" (1935), "100 Amazing Facts about the Negro" (1934), "The Real Facts about Ethiopia" (1936), and "World's Great Men of Color" (1947). He is probably best known for "Sex and Rac...

Milai, A. Samuel

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