Phoenician 1921
Phoenix: Phoenix Union High School, 1921. Quarto. Item #025218
196 pages. The growing student body now is involved not only in far more sporting events but producing plays. Page 88ff show the Department for Colored children where a class of thirty-four African American children are taught separately with three seniors graduating. James Benton signed under his photograph. There are several other autographs throughout. He is listed as member of the Latin club and playing basketball but this was probably restrict to other African Americans in his rather small class. The Arizona Republican of May 21, 1921 proudly noted there were three "colored" graduating whereas the highest number in previous years was one. Bound in brown pictorial wraps with yapped edges, lettered and decorated in gilt, short tears or small chips to edges.
Price: $55.00