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.
New Arrivals
[Four leaflets related to San Francisco Bay Area anti-Bakke decision demonstrations]
San Francisco; Berkeley: April 29 Coalition; National Committee to Overturn the Bakke Decision; Anti-Bakke Decision Coalition, 1978. Four 8.5x11 inch handbills, light handling wear, generally very good. Receipt dates penned in the corner. Announcements of rallies to oppose the Bakke decision, which challenged affirmative action programs by invalidating the use..... More
Cat.No: 223528
Fourth annual meeting, Leland College Alumni Federation, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA: the Federation, 1983. [32p.], wraps, 8.5x11 inches, mild handling wear and soil with significant foxing to edges. Program booklet for the African-American college's alumni group, with historical photos and updates on graduates. More
Cat.No: 184584
Frauen gemeinsam sind stark! Texte und Materialien des Women's Liberation Movement in den USA. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von einem Arbeitskollektiv der Sozialistischen Frauen Frankfurt/M.
Frankfurt: Verlag Roter Stern, 1972. 139 p., illustrated wraps, somewhat worn with spine tear at bottom. Collection of German translations of works by American feminists, with B&W illustrations. Authors of original texts include Marge Piercy, Jayne West, Frances M. Beal, Anne Koedt, Pamela Kearon, etc. More
Cat.No: 119495
Free Angela Davis [poster]
New York: NY Committee to Free Angela Davis, [1971]. 16.75 x 21.5inch poster, very good, with portrait of Angela speaking. More
Cat.No: 240640
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Abolish the racist death penalty!
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1998. 47p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps. Black history and the class struggle 15. More
Cat.No: 139862
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Abolish the racist death penalty!
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1998. 47p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, very good condition. Black history and the class struggle 15. More
Cat.No: 236838
The freedom climb; a chronology of over 400 years of history in America of the afro-American's heroic struggle to gain his rightful place in the country where he lived, fought, struggled, worked, died and loved
Dover, DE: Back Publishing Company, 1969. 64p., wraps. This 1492-1968 chronology contains an appendix of Spingarn Medalists. More
Cat.No: 121306
Freedom has no price: an anthology of poems. Festival of the revolution, March 1-13, Grenada 1980
Bridgetown: Modern Printing & Graphics, [1980-?]. 88p., wraps, photocopied forward stapled inside front cover, gift inscription. Revolutionary poetry collection; last page has one-sentence biographies of the contributors. More
Cat.No: 160363
Freedom has no price: an anthology of poems. Festival of the revolution, March 1-13, Grenada 1980
Bridgetown: Modern Printing & Graphics, [1980-?]. 88p., staplebound booklet, photocopied forward stapled inside front cover, minor foxing. Revolutionary poetry collection; last page has one-sentence biographies of the contributors. More
Cat.No: 197232
Freedom News, Vol. 4, No. 11, November 1970 advocating peace and human dignity - in our time
Richmond, CA: Freedom News, Inc., 1970. Newspaper. 40p., folded tabloid newspaper, toned, a tad of fraying, dog-ears, horizontal fold. A good copy. A cross between a Richmond, CA community paper and an underground paper. Much local news, but also includes coverage of the first anniversary of the Alcatraz occupation, a...... More
Cat.No: 245439
Freedom News, Vol. 4, No. 9, September 1970 advocating peace and human dignity - in our time
Richmond, CA: Freedom News, Inc., 1970. Newspaper. 40p., folded tabloid newspaper, toned, some fraying, dog-ears, small tears and chips, horizontal fold. A complete reading copy. A cross between a Richmond, CA community paper and an underground paper. Much local news, but also includes coverage of California water plan, the Baldwin..... More
Cat.No: 245438
Freedom now! for all our political prisoners and prisoners of war. If not now, then when?
Washington DC: Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, n.d. Four-panel brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches, folded from a single sheet. Faint fold crease. Defines political prisoner and lists activities to help, as well as resources to contact.Circa mid-1990s. More
Cat.No: 190096
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 13 no. 1
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1973. Single issue of the paperback journal, 96p., covers mildly worn. Cover article is "Paul Robeson: true revolutionary" by Judge George W. Crockett. More
Cat.No: 253180
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 13 no. 2
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1973. Single issue of the paperback journal, pp. 100-176, minor handling. Includes Irene Diggs on "The Amenia Conferences: neglected Afro-American history," "Criteria for children's Black literature" by Jacquline Lee Young, Ollie Harrington's "Look homeward baby," and more. More
Cat.No: 253179
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 17 no. 3
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1977. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 132-192, very good. This issue includes a piece on the JP Stevens textile organizing drive, Black Africa and the press, and much more. Cover art by Janet A. Peltier. More
Cat.No: 253178
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 19 no. 3
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1979. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 132-176, very good. Includes a series of short critical essays, "Black writers' views of America," with contributions by Angela davis, Carole Gregory, Loyle Hairston, Joyce Ladner and Sarah Wright. More
Cat.No: 253181
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 21 no. 3
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1981. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 149-224, very good. This issue has a Caribbean/Latin America focus, including a discussion of Bob Marley by Hazel Reid. Cover art by LeRoy Clarke. More
Cat.No: 253177
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 21 no. 4
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1981. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 228-288, wraps lightly worn, date penned on cover else very good condition. 20th Anniversary issue. Includes an article on the genocide of Native Americans and a series of cartoons on Ronald Reagan. More
Cat.No: 253327
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 22 no. 2
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1982. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 66-127, very good. Includes "The South since Memphis" by JH O'Dell, a profile of Civil Rights veteran Anna Devine, and more. More
Cat.No: 253176
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 24 no. 3
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1985. Single issue of the staplebound journal, 63p., wraps lightly worn, a few small stains on front wrap else very good condition. Includes 2 articles on Nicaragua. More
Cat.No: 253332
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 25 no. 1
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1985. Single issue of the staplebound journal, 63p., wraps lightly worn, date penned on front wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 253330
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 25 no. 3
New York: Freedomways Associates Inc., 1985. Single issue of the staplebound journal, pp. 130-240, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Includes poetry by Aaron Kramer, gale jackson, Horace Mungin, and Richard Davidson. Cover is a drawing of Paul Robeson by Vivian R. McDuffie. More
Cat.No: 253328
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 14 no. 1
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1974. Single issue of the paperback journal, 95p., very good. Includes Jesse Jackson on "Confronting monopoly and keeping the Movement moving," Clarence J. Mumford's travelogue of his journey in the Soviet Union, and more. More
Cat.No: 253185
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 14 no. 3
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1974. Single issue of the paperback journal, pp. 180-288, light shelfwear, very good. Special issue on "The Black image in the mass media." More
Cat.No: 253182
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 15 no. 1
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1975. Single issue of the paperback journal, 80p., very good. Includes an editorial, "Black women - internationalizing the struggle," a critique by Brenda Jones of the book "Time on the cross" as racist pseudoscience, Jean Carey Bond on "The media image of Black women," and more..... More
Cat.No: 253184