Hughes, Langston

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM - THE STORY OF THE NAACP [Inscribed to Eunice Carter]

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 224 pages. In Very Good condition, with Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Price unclipped: "$4.50". Dust jacket shows some minor chipping and wear, including an inch-long closed tear to upper front hinge, and some chipping to edges. Boards have a small blue pen line to front cover. Ink Inscription on front free end paper from Langston Hughes to Eunice (Lisle) Carter. Business card of Eunice Carter laid in at front. Scarce signed copy. Shelved in Case 1.

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Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $5,000

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One of Langston Hughes' works of non-fiction, Fight for Freedom provides an introductory history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colour People (NAACP). This first edition, first printing copy is inscribed on the front free end page by Langston Hughes: "Especially for Mrs. Lisle Carter - with the sincere regards of - Langston Hughes New York Sept 30, 1962".

Eunice Carter was one of New York's first female African-American lawyers, and one of the first prosecutors of color in the United States. She was active in the Pan-African Congress and in United Nations committees to advance the status of women in the world. She led a massive prostitution racketeering investigation, building the case and strategy that allowed New York District Attorney Thomas Dewey to successfully charge Mafioso kingpin Charles "Lucky" Luciano with compulsory prostitution. [wikipedia] Before studying law she spent a brief time as a social worker and wrote short stories, some of which appeared in journals alongside works by Langston Hughes and other writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Hunton married Lisle Carter Sr., who was one of the first African-American dentists in New York. Her mother, Addie Hunton, worked as vice president and field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).