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.
El negro no es un color es una saya
[La Paz, Bolivia]: Gobierno Municipal, [1992]. [15p.], staplebound photoreproduced pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Text in Spanish. On the Black community in Bolivia, descended from slaves brought in the 16th century. Cover blurb quotes graffiti from Quito: “White men send black men to fight with brown men to defend the..... More
Cat.No: 231199
Elect Hugh Bassett, District 3, Oakland board of Education
Oakland: n.pub. c197-? Pamphlet. [4p.], campaign brochure, slight handling, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 295140
Electrum: the quarterly poetry magazine; #35, Winter 1984
Tustin CA: Medina Press, 1984. Pamphlet. 52p., staplebound 8.5x7 inch self-wraps, edge-trimmed two-color cover, clean sound copy with mild signs of handling and touch of rust to staples. Otto Rene Castillo, Wanda Coleman, Laurel Ann Bogen, Lyn Lifshin, Ray Lopez, Robert Peters, Jack Hirschman, for starters. The rather thorough vitae..... More
Cat.No: 158820
Emergency school aid act of 1970. Extract of Hearings before...
Washington DC: GPO, 1970. pp. 333-477, lightly worn wraps. "Bills to assist school districts to meet special problems incident to desegregation in elementary and secondary schools and to provide financial assistance to improve education in racially impacted areas, and for other purposes." More
Cat.No: 197006
Equality & empowerment [Part 1 and Part 2]. Proceedings from...
New York: Communist Party USA, 1990. Pamphlet. Two 8.5x11 inch pamphlets, 32 and 22 pages respectively, paper toned, otherwise very good. Includes the main report, contributions by workshop discussants, the conference summary and resolutions, and more. More
Cat.No: 243613
Ergo Vol. IV no 1; Downdraft vol. 1 no. 1...
Brooklyn: Committee for Peace Organization / End the Draft, 1964. Newsletter. Two publications issued as one, 22p., mimeographed 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left corner, very good. This issue of Ergo addresses the all-Black Freedom Now Party, calling it a "Jim Crow stand VS Jim Crow" because of its..... More
Cat.No: 225958
Ethnic Groups in California: A Guide to Organizations and Information...
Claremont, CA: California Institute of Public Affairs, 1981. Paperback. 58p., wraps, 8.5x10.75 inches, ex-library with ownership stamps on top and bottom edges of textblock, verso of front wrap, half-title, rear blank, and verso of rear wrap, and call number written on title page. California Information Guides Series. More
Cat.No: 319207
Ethnic studies journal: spring 2001 issue, volume I, issue 1
San Francisco: College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University, 2001. Magazine. xii, 164p., very good in wraps. Critical theory, poetry, immigration, and more. Three of fourteen studies are on Filipino Americans, several more on Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans. Also includes a few on African Americans and one..... More
Cat.No: 148210
Ethnography in the San Francisco Bay Area (Nos. 1, 2...
San Francisco: Treganza Museum / SF State University, 1994-2006. Magazine. Four issues of the journal, missing number 3; 8.5x11 inches, slender paperback format. Occasional rubberstamps of the Treganza Anthropology Museum, otherwise very good. With articles on immigrant workers and others in the Bay Area. Treganza Anthropology Museum papers #16, 19..... More
Cat.No: 238366
Ethnography in the San Francisco Bay Area (Nos. 1-5)
San Francisco: Treganza Museum, SF State University, 1994-2006. Five issues of the journal, apparently all that were published; 8.5x11 inches, slender paperback format. Rubberstamps of the Treganza Anthropology Museum, otherwise very good. With articles on immigrant workers and others in the Bay Area. Treganza Anthropology Museum papers #16, 19, 20..... More
Cat.No: 238365
Eulogistic service for Mr. Lucillus Green: First Baptist Church, Oxford...
Oxford: First Baptist Church, 1973. 4p. memorial service program, photo of the deceased, wraps crinkled else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 147687
An Evening with Ella Fitzgerald
n.p. Verve, n.d. Pamphlet. Promotional material in an oversize brochure, unpaginated, about 16 pages of glazed alkaline paperstock decorated with b&w performance photos and record-company stuff, staplebound 12x9 inch wraps. Staples are rusting with mild migration, expect mild evidence of handling, a good to very good exemplar. More
Cat.No: 291522
Experiments in Democracy
New York: USO Division of the Young Women's Christian Association, [1944]. 80p. incl. 16p. photos, staplebound booklet, very good. "This pamphlet records some of the steps the USO Division of the National Board YWCA has taken toward achieving its goals of 'service to all involved in the war effort' and..... More
Cat.No: 21900
The eyes of Texas; Sexton/Mathew family reunion, August 20, 1977...
[Nacogdoches]: The Sexton.Mathew family, 1977. 12 8.5x11 inch sheets, printed single side, spiral-bound wraps. Photos of the family founders, who married in 1917, genealogy, etc. More
Cat.No: 116843
Fayette-Haywood Workcamps [brochure with cover letter and related leaflet]
Cincinnati, OH: Fayette-Haywood Workcamps, 1973. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, date penned in corner, stapled together with the original cover letter and another leaflet that was mailed together with them. Solicits donations to continue the work of the camps, which brought volunteers to work together with Black residents of the..... More
Cat.No: 299427
Fellowship, magazine of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, [15 issues, 1974-2005]
Waterloo: Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1974-2005. Magazine. Fifteen issues, most coated paperstock, 9 x 6 inch staplebound wraps, various pagination, most have subscription address or blank labels covering up address, in good condition. Run includes starting in December of 1974 [writing on inside of cover], Dec 1975, Dec 1986, Jan/Feb 2000..... More
Cat.No: 279605
Fiche de lecture: Richard Wright, Black Boy
Paris: Peuple et Culture, 1957. Pamphlet. 21p., 6.25x4.75 inches, evenly toned, staples rusted else very good condition. Text entirely in French. A report/summary of both the text and some limited French bibliographic information on Black Boy by Richard Wright. More
Cat.No: 197749
The Fight to Implement Busing: For Labor/Black Defense to Stop...
New York: Spartacus Youth Publishing Company, 1975. 70p., stapled wraps, 5.25x8.25 inches, wraps lightly soiled and stained, old price penned on front wrap else very good condition. On the Boston busing crisis; extensive polemics against competing left groups. More
Cat.No: 186542
The Fight to save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal and...
San Francisco: Walnut Publishing, 1997. 51p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps slightly faded at spine, otherwise very good. Includes various articles on Mumia from the Socialist Action newspaper. More
Cat.No: 165993
Filmakers Library 1991
New York: Filmakers Library, 1991. Pamphlet. 120p., 8.25x11 inches, catalogue of available films including new releases, Black Studies, Women's Studies, Human Sexuality, AIDS et al, includes brief descriptions, running times, pull-quotes, small b&w stills, very good booklet in stapled black pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 301846
Finish the civil war! A Spartacist pamphlet
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, [1989?]. Pamphlet. 32p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, pages toned else very good condition. Black history and the class struggle 5. More
Cat.No: 125017
First Report. Fair Employment Practice Committee. July 1943-December 1944
Washington: Fair Employment Practice Committee, 1945. paperback. 152p. paperback, very good. An overview of the program and its effectiveness, examining such figures as the increase in minority employment at factories that had been surveyed. More
Cat.No: 303444
First world news: The diversity newspaper of the Lehigh Valley...
Allentown, PA: Lehigh Valley Black Interest Coalition, 1993-1995. Four issues of the tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper toned, front wrap of vol. 1 no. 1 lightly foxed along top edge otherwise very good. Issues present are vol. 1 nos. 1 and 2, and vol. 3 nos. 1 and 2..... More
Cat.No: 239471
[Five pamphlets and a newsletter from the National Committee to...
Berkeley, CA: National Committee to Overturn the Bakke Decision, Bay Area, [1977-1979]. Pamphlet. Five different six- or eight-panel brochures, all in very good condition, various formats. Includes two different versions of "Overturn the Weber Case: unite against racism and the oppression of women," "Bakke Decision hits Bay Area" (with list..... More
Cat.No: 309382
The Flatlands, July 16 to July 30, 1966
Oakland: The Flatlands, 1966. Newspaper. 12p., folded tabloid style format; evenly toned, red pen mark on front page, minor chipping on edges, else very good. More
Cat.No: 305411
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Mosley, David; artist
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