We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause: Black-owned Book Publishing in the United States 1817-1987
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Research CatalogImage ID
5211549
Item data
Title
We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause: Black-owned Book Publishing in the United States 1817-1987
Collection
Poster Collection
The Schomburg Center Events Poster Collection
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1988-04-22 - 1988-09-10
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
Shelf locator: Schomburg Library events poster collection
Shelf locator: Schomburg Library events poster collection, folder 2
Subjects
Special events -- New York (N.Y.)
African Americans
Blacks
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York (N.Y.)
Art
Books
Publishers and publishing
Genres
Physical Description
Extent: 56 x 76 cm
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11527475
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11606126
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG091000128-F
Other local Identifier: PO.89.073
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 55773e60-4695-0132-5974-58d385a7b928
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1988-04-22
Cite this item
MLA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. "We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause: Black-owned Book Publishing in the United States 1817-1987" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988 - 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/55773e60-4695-0132-5974-58d385a7b928
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. (1988 - 1988). We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause: Black-owned Book Publishing in the United States 1817-1987 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/55773e60-4695-0132-5974-58d385a7b928
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. "We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause: Black-owned Book Publishing in the United States 1817-1987" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/55773e60-4695-0132-5974-58d385a7b928
Wikipedia citation
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