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.
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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 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 about Free Angela Davis [poster
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 about Free Gary Lawton [pinback button
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 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
Free the Wilmington 10 now! [pinback button]
Washington DC: mfg. by Gateways Unlimited, [197-]. 1.75 inch diameter pin, minor scuffing and a couple of spots, rear has a dent to rim, not visible from front. In support of the Wilmington 10 (including Benjamin Chavis, later head of the NAACP, pictured on the pin), who had been convicted... More about Free the Wilmington 10 now! [pinback button
Cat.No: 241450
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
George Washington Carver Foundation / Tuskegee Institute [six perforated stamps]
Tuskegee, AL: the Foundation, n.d. Group of six stamps of the same type, not yet separated along perforations, depicting Carver with chemistry lab equipment. Issued for use in fundraising rather than as postage, this type of stamp is known as a "cinderalla." Very good condition, each stamp 1.5x2 inches. Undated..... More about George Washington Carver Foundation / Tuskegee Institute [six perforated stamps
Cat.No: 180182
GLHS Events [8 handbills]
San Francisco: Gay & Lesbian Historical Society of Northern California, 1999. Eight 8.5x11 inch handbills printed one side only on white stock all very good. Two versions of Making a Case for Community History, Asian & Pacific Islander Queers Looking Back with Pride, Transit Case - Estate of Louis Sullivan... More about GLHS Events [8 handbills
Cat.No: 242306
Go down Garvey curriculum guide
Palo Alto: TheatreWorks, 1991. 53p., 8.5x11 inches, holepunched wraps attached by brads. Study guide for the musical. More about Go down Garvey curriculum guide
Cat.No: 74432
The Goodwin Family Reunion 1982
San Diego: the family, 1982. [8p], photocopied booklet in staplebound wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, food stain to back cover. African American family's reunion program, including a poem by Carmen K. Wadley. More about The Goodwin Family Reunion 1982
Cat.No: 197790
Granada: el mundo contra el crimen
Havana: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 1983. 325p., illus. with numerous photos, wraps. More about Granada: el mundo contra el crimen
Cat.No: 85757
The great American Negro calendar 1977
San Mateo, CA: Patterson & O'Connell, 1977. Calendar. 28p. calendar, each month illus. with 8-10 panels depicting the life of a prominent Black American (Frances Harper, Duke Ellington, James P. Beckwourth, Charles Spaulding, etc.). Calendar sponsored by Patterson & O'Connell, a San Mateo California funeral home. More about The great American Negro calendar 1977
Cat.No: 42287
Great Black inventors: card pack & poster
Oakland: Quilombo ICM, 1995. Small box of ten cards with images of the ten inventors on front, biographical information on verso, a folded poster with the ten inventors' portraits, cover card with publication information, all very good. 4x5.5 inches, poster folds out to 12.25x16 inches, all b&w. More about Great Black inventors: card pack & poster
Cat.No: 206840