1968 MARGARET BURROUGHS. What Shall I Tell my Children Who Are Black? Signed Chicago Civil Rights.

Rare first edition of Margaret Burroughs' attempt to narrate black life in America to the children of Chicago. Released the same year as the critical 1968 Democratic National Convention, the lines share much in common with her friend, James Baldwin. The lines demand honest and accountability from America and hope and a commitment to work for change from the young.  No copies in the auction record. Boldly signed on the title page. Burroughs, Margaret T. G. What Shall I Tell my Children Who Are Black? Chicago. M. A. A. H. Press. 1968. 32pp. A very good copy in cloth. Solid, crisp and clean with a few minor pencil marks in a period hand.