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
Ethnography in the San Francisco Bay Area (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5)
San Francisco: Treganza Museum / SF State University, 1994-2006. 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 otehrs in the Bay Area. Treganza Anthropology Museum papers #16, 19, 21..... 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, North Carolina, Wednesday, June 6, 1973
Oxford: First Baptist Church, 1973. 4p. memorial service program, photo of the deceased, wraps. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cat.No: 149398
Finish the civil war! A Spartacist pamphlet
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, [1989?]. 32p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, pages toned else very good condition. Black history and the class struggle 5. More
Cat.No: 125017
First world news: The diversity newspaper of the Lehigh Valley [four issues]
Allentown, PA: Lehigh Valley Black Interest Coalition, 1993-1995. Four issues of the tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper toned, otherwise very good. Issues present are vol. 1 nos. 1 and 2, and vol. 3 nos. 1 and 2. "Highlighting the positive aspects of the under-represented ethnic groups in the Lehigh..... More
Cat.No: 239471
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
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
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 Gary Lawton [pinback button]
n.p. [1974]. 1.25 inch diameter pin, white text on black field, very good. Lawton, a Black member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, was arrested in Riverside, CA on charges of killing police. More
Cat.No: 204548
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