African American
This section includes literature by African American authors, as well as nonfiction works on related subjects, and the ephemera of political and social organizations ranging from the Black Panthers to the AME Church.
Big Muddy Gazette: vol. 4, #1-4 & 9,Sept.-Dec. 1971 &...
Carbondale: Big Muddy Gazette, 1971. Newspaper. five issues, various pagination, folded tabloid underground newspaper, heavy wear and chipping, handwritten address Red Eye Media and stamped Exchange, articles, opinion, poetry, events, good on newsprint. The death of George Jackson cover story on issue #1. Trial of the Carbondale 6. Gay Liberation..... More
Cat.No: 298288
Billie Holiday [pinback button]
[West Orange, NJ]: Ferne Sales Co., n.d. Pinback Button. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good. This maker produced many feminist pins; this was part of a series depicting notable women. More
Cat.No: 282628
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1977
[Washington DC]: [GPO], [1977]. Pamphlet. 24p., stapled wraps, 9x6.5 inches landscape format, profusely illus., rubberstamp on title page, else very good condition. House Document 950258. More
Cat.No: 306673
Black Civil Rights Leaders
Chicago: Empak Publishing Company, 1990. 32p., illus., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps worn else very good condition. Black History Series #4. Educational pamphlet with short bios of Du Bois, Garvey, King, Hamer, Randolph and others. More
Cat.No: 132997
The Black Collegian, The National Magazine of Black College Students...
New Orleans: Black Collegiate Services, 1976. Magazine. Pp. 2-82, 8.5x11 inch glossary wrap magazine, in very good condition. Focus in this issue is "Careers in energy" More
Cat.No: 292246
Black control of the black community / Boutelle in '68...
n.p. [Socialist Workers Party], 1968. 1.75 inch diameter pin, portrait of the presidential candidate with fuscia and black lettering around. Paul Boutelle changed his name to Kwame Montsho Ajamu Somburu in 1979. More
Cat.No: 176092
Black Culture Quiz
New York: The Sperry and Hutchingson Company, 1979. Pamphlet. 23p., stapled wraps, 8.25x5.5 inches, very good condition. This a fourth printing of the edition revised in 1978. More
Cat.No: 217133
Black filmmakers hall of fame 1975 the second Oscar Micheaux...
Oakland: Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, 1975. Oversized Paperback. Unpaginated (about 50p.), 8.5x8.5 inches, photos in text, slender softcover. Very good. More
Cat.No: 137999
Black filmmakers hall of fame 1975 the second Oscar Micheaux...
Oakland: Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, 1975. Oversized Paperback. Unpaginated (about 50p.), 8.5x8.5 inches, photos in text, slender softcover, wraps stained and discolored along top edge else very good. More
Cat.No: 252153
Black filmmakers hall of fame 1977; fourth Oscar Micheaux awards...
Oakland: Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, 1977. [32]p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps slightly soiled. More
Cat.No: 42200
Black Heritage is Us
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Pamphlet. [24]p.,stapled wraps, 6.5x9.5 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Promotional brochure for Holt's projected 27 volume Black Heritage series. More
Cat.No: 81807
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, evenly toned else very good on newsprint. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More
Cat.No: 139866
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. Pamphlet. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, very good. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More
Cat.No: 238516
Black lesbian newsletter; No. 5 (November 1982)
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. Pamphlet. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in pictorial wraps. Includes poetry, classifieds, and announcements of local cultural events. More
Cat.No: 240466
Black lesbian newsletter; Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 1982)
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. Pamphlet. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in pictorial wraps. Includes poetry, classifieds, and announcements of local cultural events. More
Cat.No: 194704
Black lesbian newsletter; Vol. 1, No. 6 (December 1982)
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. Newsletter. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in pictorial wraps. Includes poetry, classifieds, and announcements of local cultural events. More
Cat.No: 292622
Black Lesbians and Gays Weaving the Future!: the 5th annual...
Los Angeles: B.G.L.L.F./ Black Gay & Lesbian Leadership Forum, 1992. Handbill. Single 5.5x8.5 inch leaflet printed one side only on lavender stock. More
Cat.No: 242299
Black Liberation Month News. February '82
Chicago: Peoples College, 1982. 4p. tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, evenly toned, minor edgewear. The radical Panafricanist Peoples College, headed by Abdul Alkalimat, emphasized principles of unity among revolutionary forces in the US as well as in Africa. More
Cat.No: 239770
The Black Pages of New England
North Easton, MA: The Black Pages of New England, 1989. Magazine. 144p., 7.5x10 inches; minor soil on rear wrap, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 281519
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. 2, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1968. Newspaper. 24p. tabloid format newspaper; horizontal fold, paper toned, otherwise very good. Christmas themed issue with Emory Douglas artwork depicting Black youths capturing Pig Santa at gunpoint in their fireplace, captioned "Pig Xmas sham ending. Back cover depicts "Black Revolutionary Xmas Wishes" (armaments). Page 15..... More
Cat.No: 281615
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. II, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1968. Newspaper. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, paper evenly toned, very good. Also thrown in is an example of vol. 1 no. 5 which unfortunately has an advertisement clipped out of the rear cover. Many Emory Douglas cartoons throughout including a memorable one with the caption "Assemblyman..... More
Cat.No: 200040
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. III, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1969. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper, horizontal fold, mild edgewear, misfolded slightly askew. Cover depicts Bobby Seale with the headline "Kidnapped" (this was right after his New Haven arrest). First two interior pages are reproductions of police plans for storming a group of Black Panthers in..... More
Cat.No: 285710
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. IV, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid + 8p. supplement, Bobby Seale in an electric chair depicted on front cover; horizontal fold, evenly toned, minor chip at the right end of the fold. Emory Douglas poster on back depicting the US government as a vulture over Seale in..... More
Cat.No: 107305
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper; horizontal fold, mild toning. Cover story reports on problems with police in Toledo, Ohio and New Orleans. Rear cover poster by Emory Douglas under the heading "We will not hesitate to either kill or die for our freedom." Other articles..... More
Cat.No: 290197
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, Vol. VI, no. 16...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. 20p. illus. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, very good. Cover story is "The role of the Church and the Survival Program" by Father Earl A. Neil of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Oakland; he has inscribed the cover at lower right, "To a fellow Comrade..... More
Cat.No: 284245
Kathleen Cleaver [poster]
Mosley, David; artist
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