Description
The second edition of Scientific Culture, and Other Essays by Josiah Parsons Cooke, inscribed to the founder of the NAACP, Moorfield Storey.
Octavo, vii, 293pp, [4pp ads]. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt. Floral endpapers. Both hinges showing wear, but stable. Wear to tips of spine and cloth boards. Bookplate of Moorfield Storey on front paste down.
Inscribed by J.P. Cooke: “Moorfield Storey Esq / with the authors kindest remembrances. Cambridge, Jun 15 – 85.”
Moorfield Storey (1845-1929) was an American lawyer, civil rights leader, and anti-imperialist. He was the founding president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), serving from 1909 until his death. Storey was a staunch advocate for civil liberties and racial equality, working tirelessly to challenge segregation and disenfranchisement laws. He argued several significant cases before the Supreme Court, including Buchanan v. Warley in 1917, which struck down racial zoning laws. Additionally, Storey was a vocal opponent of American imperialism, criticizing U.S. policies in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War.
