Afro-American World Almanac: What Do You Know About Your Race? [cover title]

[Chicago], 1943. Very good.. 112pp. Original printed red wrappers, stapled. Light wear at corners and along spine. Even toning internally. The 1943 issue of an irregularly-published almanac aimed at uplifting the African-American community. The author, Rev. Ross D. Brown, writes rather defiantly about a host of issues important to the Black community, such as white supremacy, the issue of authority, the census, "Negro Blood," interracial marriage laws, and much more. He also includes a healthy number of biographical profiles of notable African-American people throughout history, with sections on "Prominent People of African Descent from A to Z," "Negro Inventors and Their Patents," "Seven Famous Members of Congress," "Celebrated Negroes Who Are Said to Have Married White Women", and more, with individual sections on people such as Joe Louis, Satchel Paige, Thomas Fuller, and others. One of the more powerful sections is titled, "Things They Don't Want Us to Know," which includes numerous little-known facts about the contributions of African Americans.