Negro Boys and Girls (The Negro American Series Book One)

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the Negro Boys and Girls (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This primary reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the first grade class at Dunbar School (Oklahoma). The front cover is dark blue and features and illustration of four (4) silhouetted children playing in a school yard in front of a school. The child on the far left is holding a string attached to a kite. In the center are two children playing on the ground with a turtle. The fourth child on the far right is skipping rope. Below the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [NEGRO / BOYS AND GIRLS / EMMA E. AKIN]. The top two thirds of the book spine has the series name and number printed vertically in black text that reads [Book One NEGRO AMERICAN SERIES].

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