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The Guiding Star. Volume XI. Number 1. November 1940
194012542Oakland California 1940. Quarto 12.5 x 9.5" orange printed wrappers 20 pp with first and last leaf each appearing in duplicate illustrations from photographs. A scarce magazine issued by the California state-level organization the African American branch of the Order of Eastern Star. Includes messages from organizational officers portraits of officers news from local California chapters and a section of "National News" including anecdotes of successful African Americans and Black involvement in government programs and the army during the lead up to World War II i.e.: "A Negro technician graduate of Stanford University is employed by an Aircraft plant in Los Angeles" and "A conference at the White House.reveals that: 1. Negro units would be organized in all branches of the Army." We locate ten scattered issues published between 1938 and 1966 at the Bancroft library but not this issue and a single issue again not this issue but the next one--Vol XI number II at New York Public Library. Mild soiling and creasing to cover area of damp staining to lower margin. unknown
Caroliniana · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €
