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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WEAVER, Robert C. (1907-1997). Negro Labor. A National Problem. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1946].

Estimate: $300 - $400
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$150

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WEAVER, Robert C. (1907-1997). Negro Labor. A National Problem. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1946]. 8vo. 329 pp. Publisher's light green cloth, spine stamped in dark green, publisher's dust jacket (flaps are neatly clipped, but price, "$3.00" is still present). FIRST EDITION OF THIS BOOK DECRYING THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE. 

Condition

Binding sunned to light brown, some edgewear, soiling, endleaves and text a bit toned, previous owner's signature on fp.; several tape repairs to jacket verso, jacket spine toned, jacket chipped with several creased tears and edgewear, jacket generally toned, soiled. Good. 

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Weaver spent his life fighting for equal rights for African-Americans in the workforce. Later in his life, he was the first African-American cabinet member, as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under President Lyndon B. Johnson.