The Voice of the West: An Illustrated Magazine of Western Civilization. Volume I, No. 3, June 12. Los Angeles, California. 8.75 x 11.25 in. [16] p. Tanning to front page, water stains affecting rear pages, some splitting at spine, minor creasing. Remarkably scarce, only known copy of this interesting western African American periodical. Not listed in Danky. Published by Reverend J. Gordon McPherson (1869-1936), a prominent evangelistic preacher of the American West. In the early 20th century, his sermons and revivals were covered frequently in the Los Angeles Herald, the Morning Press, and others. He was referred to as the “Black Billy Sunday” and “The Fighting Parson,” having served in the Spanish-American War. An article in the Riverside Daily Press in February 1917 writes, “Much interest has been aroused among the many admirers of the noted unmatched black preacher and philosopher, Re.v Dr. J. Gordon McPherson...He is termed the “Black Billy Sunday” in Pasadena, and the citizens have erected a monster gospel tabernacle.” This issue features Booker T. Washington on the cover touting him as “The World’s Greatest Negro.” Articles include an exhortation for African American pioneers, “Come West, Industrious Black Men: The Great Imperial Valley in Southwestern California is the Negro Farmer’s Eldorado, Says Parson Mack”; a profile of Reverend Mary E. Palmer of the Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena; and “The Colored Race and Genius: You Negroes Who are Forging to the Front” touching on painter Henry Ossawa Tanner poets Paul Laurence Dunbar and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and W.E.B. Du Bois. The paper also includes an editorial endorsement of Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate, then California governor Hiram W. Johnson for president. There was a split in the Republican party between those who supported the incumbent William H. Taft and those who backed a return for Roosevelt. The power struggle at the convention resulted in the Republican nomination staying with Taft. It is unclear the exact day in June 1912 that the paper went to print, but it was before the news of the June 18-22 Chicago Republican National Convention was available. The paper printed letters to McPherson and the Voice from Hiram Johnson, Joseph M. Dixon, and J.E. Miller, and Roosevelt himself date May 28, 1912, “My Dear Dr. McPherson, I must send you just a line of personal thanks for your telegram. … The victory in California was magnificent, and I want to take this opportunity of thanking you personally for the good work which you did to help bring about such a result. In every state the great bulk of our colored citizens have stood steadfastly for our cause and you are one of the men chiefly responsible for their doing so.” Roosevelt and Johnson would go on to accept the nomination of the Progressive Party on August 5. Their ticket, however, would effectively split the left vote between Taft and Roosevelt, handing Woodrow Wilson the presidency. Condition: Tanning to front page, water stains affecting rear pages, some splitting at spine, minor creasing.
The Voice of the West: An Illustrated Magazine of Western Civilization. Volume I, No. 3, June 12. Los Angeles, California. 8.75 x 11.25 in. [16] p. Tanning to front page, water stains affecting rear pages, some splitting at spine, minor creasing. Remarkably scarce, only known copy of this interesting western African American periodical. Not listed in Danky. Published by Reverend J. Gordon McPherson (1869-1936), a prominent evangelistic preacher of the American West. In the early 20th century, his sermons and revivals were covered frequently in the Los Angeles Herald, the Morning Press, and others. He was referred to as the “Black Billy Sunday” and “The Fighting Parson,” having served in the Spanish-American War. An article in the Riverside Daily Press in February 1917 writes, “Much interest has been aroused among the many admirers of the noted unmatched black preacher and philosopher, Re.v Dr. J. Gordon McPherson...He is termed the “Black Billy Sunday” in Pasadena, and the citizens have erected a monster gospel tabernacle.” This issue features Booker T. Washington on the cover touting him as “The World’s Greatest Negro.” Articles include an exhortation for African American pioneers, “Come West, Industrious Black Men: The Great Imperial Valley in Southwestern California is the Negro Farmer’s Eldorado, Says Parson Mack”; a profile of Reverend Mary E. Palmer of the Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena; and “The Colored Race and Genius: You Negroes Who are Forging to the Front” touching on painter Henry Ossawa Tanner poets Paul Laurence Dunbar and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and W.E.B. Du Bois. The paper also includes an editorial endorsement of Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate, then California governor Hiram W. Johnson for president. There was a split in the Republican party between those who supported the incumbent William H. Taft and those who backed a return for Roosevelt. The power struggle at the convention resulted in the Republican nomination staying with Taft. It is unclear the exact day in June 1912 that the paper went to print, but it was before the news of the June 18-22 Chicago Republican National Convention was available. The paper printed letters to McPherson and the Voice from Hiram Johnson, Joseph M. Dixon, and J.E. Miller, and Roosevelt himself date May 28, 1912, “My Dear Dr. McPherson, I must send you just a line of personal thanks for your telegram. … The victory in California was magnificent, and I want to take this opportunity of thanking you personally for the good work which you did to help bring about such a result. In every state the great bulk of our colored citizens have stood steadfastly for our cause and you are one of the men chiefly responsible for their doing so.” Roosevelt and Johnson would go on to accept the nomination of the Progressive Party on August 5. Their ticket, however, would effectively split the left vote between Taft and Roosevelt, handing Woodrow Wilson the presidency. Condition: Tanning to front page, water stains affecting rear pages, some splitting at spine, minor creasing.
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