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
Eulogistic service for Mr. Lucillus Green; First Baptist Church, Oxford, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 6, 1973
Oxford: First Baptist Church, 1973. 4p. memorial service program, photo of the deceased, wraps. More about Eulogistic service for Mr. Lucillus Green; First Baptist Church, Oxford, North Carolina,...
Cat.No: 147687
The eyes of Texas; Sexton/Mathew family reunion, August 20, 1977, love and togetherness. Theme: deep in the heart of men. Disco Club, Loop Highway, Nacogdoches, Tex.
[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 about The eyes of Texas; Sexton/Mathew family reunion, August 20, 1977, love and togetherness. Theme:...
Cat.No: 116843
Faculty and Students of the Federal City College community invite the Washington Metropolitan Area community to join with us in a march to Congress to express our deep grief and outrage at the killing of two students at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana... [handbill]
Washington DC: n.pub. [1972]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, very good. Leonard Brown and Denver Smith were shot by an East Baton Rouge deputy sheriff in late 1972 after the governor sent police in riot gear to break up a student demonstration on campus. In 2017 the slain students received honorary degrees. More about Faculty and Students of the Federal City College community invite the Washington Metropolitan...
Cat.No: 214245
Famous black American leaders
High Point, NC: B & C Associates, [197-?]. [12]p., wraps with James Huff cover. Mini biographies of black political figures, done as a community relations project by Nabisco. More about Famous black American leaders
Cat.No: 114979
FEPC reference manual; 1948 edition
New York: Committee on Employment Discrimation of the National Community Relations Advisory Council, 1948. 70p., wraps slightly soiled and slightly dampstained. More about FEPC reference manual; 1948 edition
Cat.No: 103816
fiche de lecture Richard Wright Black Boy
Paris: Peuple et Culture, 1957. Pamphlet. 21p. 6 1/4 inches tall by 4 5/8 inches wide. Text entirely in French. A report/summary of both the text and some limited French bibliographic information on Black Boy by Richard Wright. More about fiche de lecture Richard Wright Black Boy
Cat.No: 197749
The Fight to save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the struggle against the death penalty, including a speech by Mumia Abu-Jamal attorney Leonard Weinglass
San Francisco: Walnut Publishing, 1997. 51p., wraps slightly faded at spine, otherwise very good. Includes various articles on Mumia from the Socialist Action newspaper. More about The Fight to save the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the struggle against the death penalty,...
Cat.No: 165993
The final call; October 16, 2000, special Million Family March edition
Chicago: FCN Publishing, 2000. 40p. tabloid nespaper, folded. Primarily a promotional vehicle for Louis Farrakhan, and secondarily for the NOI and the March. Centerfold is a color photo of the Farrakhan family. More about The final call; October 16, 2000, special Million Family March edition
Cat.No: 149398
Finish the civil war! A Spartacist pamphlet
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, [1989?]. 32p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps. Black history and the class struggle 5. More about Finish the civil war! A Spartacist pamphlet
Cat.No: 125017
Five slave narratives; a compendium
New York: Arno Press, 1968. Various paginations of the reprinted narratives: Lunsford Lane, the Fugitive Blacksmith [James Pennington], William W. Brown, My Life in the South [Jacob Stroyer], and Moses Grandy, inscribed by series editor William Loren Katz (as "Bill") to "Herb" Aptheker. The American Negro, his history and literature. More about Five slave narratives; a compendium
Cat.No: 45741
[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 about Four leaflets related to San Francisco Bay Area anti-Bakke decision demonstrations
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 about Fourth annual meeting, Leland College Alumni Federation, Inc
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 about Frauen gemeinsam sind stark! Texte und Materialien des Women's Liberation Movement in den USA....
Cat.No: 119495
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 about Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Abolish the racist death penalty!
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 about Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Abolish the racist death penalty!
Cat.No: 236838
Free the Dawson Five / Self determination for the Black Belt Nation! [poster]
Leesburg, GA: Dawson 5 Support Committee, [1977-?]. 11x16 inch poster, faint horizontal fold, otherwise very good. On the case of five young Black men accused of the armed robbery of a store. Their confessions were determined to have been coerced; the case was taken up by the SPLC. More about Free the Dawson Five / Self determination for the Black Belt Nation! [poster
Cat.No: 232535
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 about The freedom climb; a chronology of over 400 years of history in America of the afro-American's...
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 about Freedom has no price: an anthology of poems. Festival of the revolution, March 1-13, Grenada 1980
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 about Freedom has no price: an anthology of poems. Festival of the revolution, March 1-13, Grenada 1980
Cat.No: 197232
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 about Freedom now! for all our political prisoners and prisoners of war. If not now, then when?
Cat.No: 190096
The Freedom Times. No. 1 (Fall 2008)
Jamaica Plain, MA: Jericho Boston, 2008. 12p., tablpoid newspaper format, horizontal fold, very good. Issued to mark the tenth anniversary of the Jericho movement to free political prisoners. Includes contributions by Jalil Muntaqim, David Gilbert, Sundiata Acoli, Marilyn Buck, Oscar Lopez Rivera, Sarah Olson, and others. More about The Freedom Times. No. 1 (Fall 2008
Cat.No: 217885
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the Negro freedom movement; third quarter, summer, 1964, vol. 4, no. 3
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1964. Trade Paperback. [166]p., wraps slightly shelf worn. A special issue on the peoples of the Caribbean, including C.L.R. James' Parties, Politics and Economics in the Caribbean, and original contributions by Paule Marshall, Rosa Guy and George Lamming, among others. More about Freedomways, a quarterly review of the Negro freedom movement; third quarter, summer, 1964, vol....
Cat.No: 37703
Freedomways: a quarterly review of the Negro freedom movement. Vol. 7 no. 1 (Winter 1967)
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1967. Single issue of the journal, 100p., light shelfwear, otherwise very good in wraps. Includes James Bladwin and Ossie Davis on "Anti-Semitism and Black Power," a section on "The Ghettos: San Francisco, Watts and Harlem," and more. More about Freedomways: a quarterly review of the Negro freedom movement. Vol. 7 no. 1 (Winter 1967
Cat.No: 203452
Freedomways: a quarterly review of the Negro Freedom Movement. Volume 2, Nos. 1-4
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1962. All four issues of Volume 2, paperback journals, generally very good with minor handling wear. Contributors include Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ossie Davis, Shirley Graham, W.E.B. DuBois, Walter Lowenfels, Charles P. Howard, Jomo Kenyatta et al. More about Freedomways: a quarterly review of the Negro Freedom Movement. Volume 2, Nos. 1-4
Cat.No: 229262
Friends of Marcus Books [poster]
[San Francisco]: Marcus Books, [198-?]. 14x15 inch poster, reverse has some discoloration, not visible from the front. For supporters of the longtime Bay Area Afrocentric booksellers. More about Friends of Marcus Books [poster
Cat.No: 235667