The fact of blackness; Frantz Fanon and visual representation
Seattle: Bay Press, 1996. 211p., paperback; profusely illustrated with b&w photoillsutrations, spine somewhat sunned, else very good. More
Cat.No: 343623
New Arrivals
Playgirl: the magazine for women; vol. 2, #5, Oct. 1974: Dr. Paul Keith Centerfold
Los Angeles: Playgirl, Inc., 1974. Magazine. 136p., 8.5x10.75 inches, articles, fiction, reviews, opinion, photos, centerfold poster, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Maya Angelou interview. More
Cat.No: 343604
Playgirl: the magazine for women; vol. 2, #4, Sept. 1974: Jim Brown Centerfold!
Los Angeles: Playgirl, Inc., 1974. Magazine. 144p., 8.5x10.75 inches, articles, fiction, reviews, opinion, photos, centerfold poster, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 343603
Journal of Black Studies: Volume 27, Number 2, November 1996
Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1996. Magazine. pp139-296., publisher's ads, 5.5x8.5 inch coated journal wraps, very good condition. Articles include "Community Life: African Americans in Multiethnic Residential Areas," "The Abortion Attitudes of Black Women, 1972-1991," and "El Que No Tiene Dingo, Tiene Mandingo: The Inadequacy of the 'Mestizo' as a Theoretical..... More
Cat.No: 343529
Journal of Black Studies: Volume 26, Number 2, November 1995
Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1995. Magazine. pp99-220., publisher's ads, 5.5x8.5 inch coated journal wraps, wraps lightly yellowed, date stamped on table of contents else very good condition. Articles include "Adolescent Black Males' Drug Trafficking and Addiction: Three Theoretical Perspectives," "The Impact of Race on the Social Experience of College Students..... More
Cat.No: 343527
Cineaste: America's leading magazine on the art and politics of the cinema; vol. 23, No. 4
New York: Cineaste Pub. 1998. Magazine. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, interviews, reviews, criticism, film stills and photos, very good magazine in stapled white pictorial wraps. Includes part 9 of the series "Race in American Cinema," with an article on the early films of Paul Robeson and an interview with Sherman Alexie..... More
Cat.No: 343524
The Movement [32 issues]
San Francisco: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee of California; later The Movement Press, 1966-1969. Thirty-twoissues of the tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise generally very good condition. Issues present are vol. 2 nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11; vol. 3 nos. 1, 2, 4-8, 10-12; vol. 4 nos..... More
Cat.No: 343414
The Movement [48 issues]
San Francisco: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee of California; later The Movement Press, 1965-1969. Forty-eight issues of the tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise generally very good condition. Issues present are vol. 1 nos. [7], 8, 9, 11, 12; vol. 2 nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-11; vol..... More
Cat.No: 343413
The Movement: Vol. 5, No. 9, October 1969
San Francisco: The Movement Press, 1969. 20p., tabloid format newspaper, illus., evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good condition. Left political underground paper published for national readership. The issue (though not all content) is dedicated to the recently departed Ho Chi Minh. Back cover is a full-page two-color Trashman strip..... More
Cat.No: 343012
Poor Black Women. Including Birth Control Pills and Black Children, a statement by the Black Unity Party (Peekskill, N.Y.); A Response, by Black Sisters; Poor Black Women, by Patricia Robinson
Boston: New England Free Press, [1968]. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, name penned in corner, minor handling wear, very good. The first piece calls on Black women not to take birth control, calling it a form of genocide; the response from six named women cites reasons why women need to make..... More
Cat.No: 335175
Black Unity. Vol. 1 no. 1 (August 1970)
Oceanside, California: Black Unity, 1970. First issue of the short-lived tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Eight pages. Quite scarce; almost all library holdings are electronic. Anti-war GI newspaper from Camp Pendleton, supportive of the Black Panther Party, published after Black Marines split off from..... More
Cat.No: 327811
The Black Scholar: Volume 10, no. 3/4 (November-December 1978); Black Literature
Sausalito: The Black World Foundation, 1978. Magazine. 76p., staplebound journal, very good condition. Includes contributions by Jayne Cortez, Ntozake Shange, Clarence Major, Joyce Carol Thomas, June Jordan, Quincy Troupe and others. More
Cat.No: 302143
Statement of Principles: Prison Action Conference. "The Struggle Inside." Berkeley, January 28-30, 1972. Tear down the walls [handbill]
Berkeley: Prison Action Conference, 1972. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good. The other side is titled "Issues in the struggle." Argues that "The prison system is cruel and unjust because it is part of an economic and social system that forces certain classes of people into positions where they will..... More
Cat.No: 299926
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement, vol. 17, no. 4, fourth quarter 1977: The Ongoing Crisis in Education-Part I
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1977. Magazine. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp.197-255, wraps lightly worn, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 293701
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 15 no. 3 (third quarter 1975)
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1975. Magazine. Single issue of the paperback journal, pp.148-240, illus., spine and one edge of front wrap sunned, else in very good condition. Entire issue focused on black youth. Cartoons by Brumsic Brandon Jr. More
Cat.No: 292952
Playgirl: the magazine for women; vol. 1, #5, October 1973: Thomas Tryon Short Story
Los Angeles: Playgirl, Inc., 1973. Magazine. 136p., 8.5x10.75 inches, articles, fiction, reviews, opinion, photos, centerfold poster, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Fred Williamson centerfold. More
Cat.No: 277721
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 15 no. 2 (second quarter 1975)
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1975. Magazine. Single issue of the paperback journal, pp. 84-144, in very good condition. Includes an editorial, "Joanne Little: America goes on trial," Alice A. Lewis describing an appearance by Angela Davis in Port Gibson, Mississippi to call for the release of the Republic of New..... More
Cat.No: 253183
Freedomways: a quarterly review of the freedom movement. vol. 12, no. 2 (Second quarter, 1972)
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1972. Magazine. pp. 100-176., paperback journal, light shelfwear, spine faded, else very good. Includes a speech by Shirley Chisholm, a piece by Communist VP candidate Jarvis Tyner, article on a civil rights trip to Northern Ireland, and much more. More
Cat.No: 253008
Cineaste: America's leading magazine on the art and politics of the cinema; vol. 20, #3: Race in Contemporary American Cinema part 1
New York: Cineaste Pub. 1994. Magazine. 72p., 8.5x11 inches, interviews, reviews, criticism, film stills and photos, very good magazine in stapled white pictorial wraps. Cover story is on Mike Leigh and "Naked" with David Thewlis. Also Buñuel's "The Young One" First installment of a special section on race. More
Cat.No: 239810
Why Watts exploded: how the ghetto fought back
Los Angeles: Socialist Workers Party, 1969. Pamphlet. 24p., staplebound pamphlet, 5.5x8.25 inches, bottom corner of front wrap dog-eared, pages protrude slightly at top corner due to a printing error, else very good condition. Third printing, first published in 1966. Tabata summarizes his feelings as an African revolutionary witnessing the aftermath..... More
Cat.No: 237291
Class struggle; journal of Communist thought. Spring 1978, #9
Chicago: Communist Party (M-L), 1978. Magazine. 135p. paperback journal, very good condition, 5.5x8.5 inches. Includes polemics against the CP and RCP, a piece by Paul Elitzik on the CPUSA and Black workers in the 1930s, and more. More
Cat.No: 232449
History of the American Negro People 1619-1918; study outline
New York: Workers Bookshop, 1941. 101p., 8.5x11 inches, old tape label at top of spine, otherwise generally very good. Second printing. Verso title page states that "This outline was prepared on the basis of a series of lectures delivered by Elizabeth Lawson, Chairman, History Department New York Workers School." More
Cat.No: 232078
Cineaste: America's leading magazine on the art and politics of the cinema; vol. 20, #2: Lesbians Make Movies
New York: Cineaste Pub. 1993. Magazine. 64p., 8.5x11 inches, interviews, reviews, criticism, film stills and photos, very good magazine in stapled white pictorial wraps. Cover story is on lesbian filmmakers. Also Black Cinema in the Nineties, an interview with Arthur Penn and an appreciation of John Cassavettes. More
Cat.No: 210763
Physique Pictorial vol. 28 August, 1976: Tom of Finland prison cover
Los Angeles: Athletic Model Guild, 1976. Magazine. 32p. including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, illustrated with explicit b&w photos by various artists, very good digest-size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Tom of Finland cover. Quite a few African American models including back cover of a Concrete Cowboy. Bob Mizer was the editor..... More
Cat.No: 206806
Free all Political Prisoners (pinback button)
[Berkeley]: [Robert Rush], [196-?]. 1.75 inch diameter pin, very good, with depiction of a pig with rectally puckered lips dressed as a judge; union bug on edge. Manufactured by Robert Rush for the Sacramento branch of the Black Panther Party (according to Rush himself). More
Cat.No: 204491