BLACK POWER GARY STYLE: THE MAKING OF MAYOR RICHARD GORDON HATCHER
Johnson Publishing Company, 1970. Item #1634
POINSETT, Alex. BLACK POWER GARY STYLE: THE MAKING OF MAYOR RICHARD GORDON HATCHER. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, 1970. Small quarto, pictorial red cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. The story of Hatcher's successful run for mayor of Gary, Indiana in 1967, becoming the city's first African-American mayor. Signed presentation from Poinsett on the front endpaper: "To Lucy, Many thanks for your research assistance, encouragement and inspiration, Alex Poinsett. 11/25/70." Johnson Publishing is the world's largest American-American publishing company and Lucy was apparently one of their Chicago-based research assistants. Fine; minor wear (small 1/2-inch chip to of rear panel) d/j. $50.00.
Price: $50.00