AMERICAN TRAVELERS GUIDE TO NEGRO MONUMENTS

(Chicago): American Oil Company, 1963. Very good plus.. First edition of this civil-rights-era travel guide to black monuments and other historical sites published to commemorate the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Promotional publication for AMOCO that lists 27 monuments, plaques, and other locations related to African-American history throughout the US and organized by state. Includes: Harpers Ferry West Virginia, Frederick Douglass's and Harriet Tubman's homes; Sojourner Truth's grave; John Brown's farm, as well as the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Uncommon and ephemeral. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original red, white, and blue pictorial wrappers. 36 pages. Illustrated throughout, including several maps/ Rubbing to extremities. Bits of toning. Else clean and sound.