Description
Signed by Coretta Scott King, the first edition of We Shall Not Be Moved by Velma Maia Thomas. This is the only known example signed by Coretta Scott King.
Square quarto, 31pp, [1]. Pictorial black and white hardcover, title printed on front cover and spine. Stated “First Edition” with full number line on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example.
Inscribed by Coretta Scott King on the front free endpaper: “To Paul W. Carman / Best Wishes / Coretta Scott King.”
This is the third book in a series of Black History works by Velma Maia Thomas. The two earlier volumes are titled: Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery, and Emancipation and Freedom’s Children: The Passage from Emancipation to the Great Migration.