Product Description
Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Dr.
Metz Lochard, the noted African American journalist best known for his work for the Chicago Defender, on the front flyleaf.
Born in Richmond, Virginia, Henry Binga Dismond (1891-1956) was a pioneering Harlem physician, medical device inventor, student of Haitian culture, and poet.
While attending Rush Medical College, he enlisted in the U.
S.
Army, serving with the 370th Infantry during World War I.
Near the war's end, he was cited for courageous leadership under heavy gunfire and promotion to First Lieutenant.
This collection of verse draws on his military service and the political awakening of the Harlem Renaissance.
Illustrations by E.
Simms Campbell (1906-71), the first African American cartoonist published in nationally distributed magazines.
Octavo.
Original blue cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling.
Some minor edgewear to the boards.
The dust jacket is slightly shelfworn, with a large, though comparatively minor stain; else very good.
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