C1960sTHE BLACK BULLETINRare CARLOS COOKSVintage African American Newsletter

Original rare vintage copy of. Cooks "The Undaunted" on front cover. Scarce original vintage newsletter ca. Late 1960s first page is Marcus Garvey on African Fundamentalism followed by a 6-page (12 pages, printed on one side only) biography of Cooks, then a full-page printed photographic portrait of an African beauty and then the following 7 pages (16 pages total including back cover) featuring the Bulletin itself. Overall condition is very good with only minor wear; s. Light offprint on last page likely from having something loose stored at some time inside the publication. Back cover has closed tear and light staining; bound with black tape, probably as issued 8.5" x 11". Became involved in the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) early in life and.

Went on join the Garvey Union and its Universal African Legion. Garvey played a central role in shaping Cooks' political career.

At age nineteen, Cooks was an official and active member. In the years between Garvey's death (1940) and the appearance of Malcolm X in Harlem (1954), Cooks was one of the most important Black nationalist figures in Harlem and the United States.

After Marcus Garvey was deported, Carlos Cooks led the Advance Division of the UNIA. On June 23, 1941 (his birthday) Cooks founded the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement (ANPM). Born out of Garvey's UNIA. The ANPM as an educational, inspirational, instructive, constructive and expansive society composed of people desirous of bringing about a progressive, dignified, cultural, fraternal and racial confraternity among the African peoples of the world. Cooks was committed to Black economic achievement.

On May 5, 1966 Cooks died in Harlem at the age of 52. Please see our other related item listed separately. A MAGAZINE ON FREE BLACK THOUGHT. The Founder & Administrator of the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement. An Account Of His Life, Writings & Lectures.

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