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
The Journal of Afro-American issues; a quarterly journal devoted to theoretical and empirical Afro-American issues. Volume 1, no. 3 (Winter-Spring 1973)
Columbus, OH: Educational and Community Consultants Associates, 1973. pp. 265-339, staplebound booklet format, mild edgewear, staples rusted, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 238004
Journal of American ethnic history; volume 1, number 1 - volume 4, number 1
New Brunswick: Transaction Periodicals Consortium, 1981-84. First seven issues of the journal, which lasted through eight volumes, each issue approximately 120p., very good in wraps. More
Cat.No: 114818
Journal of Negro Education: a quarterly review of problems incident to the education of Negroes [15 issues]
Washington: Howard University Press, 1945-78. Paperback. Fifteen issues of the paperback journal, many from the dawn of the Civil Rights era with much coverage of desegregation efforts and legal challenges. Numbers present are winter, spring and summer 1945 (the summer issue from Herbert Aptheker's library), winter and fall 1946, fall..... More
Cat.No: 218653
The journal of Negro history; founded by Carter G. Woodson, Volume 24/1939
New York: United Publishing Corporation, 1969. 501p., bound reprint of all issues for the year, very good hardcover. More
Cat.No: 130246
Journal of proceedings of the Forty Ninth session of the Atlanta, GA. Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, held with St. Mark AME Church, Atlanta, Georgia, November 9, 10, 11, 12, 1949
Rome, GA: the Church, 1949. 33p., staplebound pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps evenly toned otherwise very good. Includes discussion of issues hindering missionary work in southern Africa. More
Cat.No: 212869
Journal of the History of Sexuality: vol. 4, #1, July 1993
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. Paperback. 174p., very good trade paperback journal in gray wraps. Articles include "Catholic Moral Discourse on Male Sodomy and Masturbation in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," "African Americans and Sexual Victorianism in the Social Hygiene Movement, 1910-1940," and "Women, War, and History: Debates..... More
Cat.No: 265568
Journal of the new African literature a biannual International Publication; the 4th, fall 1967
Stanford: Journal of the new African literature, 1967 (1968). Paperback. 90p. poetry, plays, art, fiction, literature by African students studying in the US, very good in wraps. Light general soiling and rubbing to covers. Actually published in June 1968 according to a stamp near bottom of first page of at..... More
Cat.No: 214259
Just schools: a special report commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Brown decision. Southern Exposure, Vol. VII, no. 2
Chapel Hill, NC: Institute for Southern Studies, 1979. 160p, lightly shelfworn wraps, 8.5x11 inches. More
Cat.No: 144101
The Kawaida Groundwork Committee (Us)
Los Angeles: Kawaida Community Center, 1981. Six-panel brochure, mild soil and handling wear, pen notation on rear wrap, highlighter mark on front wrap. The US Organization was co-founded by Ron Karenga, creator of Kwanzaa. This brochure introduces the theory and goals of the Groundwork Committee. More
Cat.No: 254049
Keep the Peace 2003, A Nonviolence Resource Directory
Oakland: Alameda County Public Health Department and the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center, A Joint Publication, 2003. Paperback. xii, 55p., professionally-printed on alkaline paperstock, 8.5x5.5 inch softbound. A fine clean copy. More
Cat.No: 220854
King: Lesson plans for American teachers. The life, times and thoughts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
n.p. American Teacher, 1975. Four page brochure, 11x21 inches, horizontal fold. More
Cat.No: 215135
La pura verdad, verdad liberadora!
Chicago: RCP Publications, 1989. Magazine. 35p., 8x10.5 inches, illustrations, text in Spanish, staplebound booklet printed on newsprint, mild handling wear. Special supplement to Revolutionary Worker 518 (8/14/89). The RCP's position on the relationship between national oppression and proletarian revolution. Spanish edition of "Cold truth, liberating truth: how this system has..... More
Cat.No: 174159
Labor Black League for Social Defense Newsletter: 13 issues
Oakland: Labor Black League for Social Defense, 1992-2005. Staplebound. 13 issues, 2p to 6p, depending on issue. 8.5x11 sheets stapled at upper left, one series, the oldest, was published out of Oakland, CA, a later series was published out of New York City. Oakland series, starting in 1992, issue Nos..... More
Cat.No: 258362
Labor Black League for Social Defense Newsletter: 15 issues
Oakland: Labor Black League for Social Defense, 1992-2005. staplebound. 15 issues, 2p to 6p, depending on issue. 8.5 x 11 sheets stapled at upper left, one series, the oldest, was published out of Oakland, CA, a later series was published out of New York City. Oakland series, starting in 1992..... More
Cat.No: 258356
Labor Black League for Social Defense Newsletter: Issue No. 16, May 1992
Oakland: Labor Black League for Social Defense, 1992. 4p., 8.5 x 11 sheets stapled at upper left, lightly worn else very good condition. Newsletter of the Spartacist League affiliated group. Articles on a demonstration for abortion rights, Black Panther and political prisoner Geronimo Pratt, and more. More
Cat.No: 248506
Labor's stake in abolishing the poll tax
Detroit: International Education Department, UAW-CIO, 1943. 38p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Publication no. 30. "From material prepared by The National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax." - p. 1. More
Cat.No: 73625
Lady Spartan Basketball ’82-83: Official program
San Jose, CA: San Jose State University, 1982. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, roster with two additional sheets laid in, photo of the team on front cover and head coach Sharon Chatman pictured inside with bio inside; very good. More
Cat.No: 168524
Lark's Club. Fine food - Cocktails [business card]
Berkeley: Lark's Club, [195-?]. Personal business card of hostess Leola K. Lee from the jazz club on Sacarmento Street in Berkeley. Notes that television is available. Very good. More
Cat.No: 228267
Law against discrimination (as amended through May 6, 1963)
New York: State commission for Human Rights, [1963]. Pamphlet. 28p., stapled wraps, 5.75x9 inches, small stain on front wrap, pen notation on rear wrap else good condition. More
Cat.No: 113001
Laws against discrimination: state of Connecticut
Hartford: Connecticut Inter-racial Commission, 1944. 11p., stapled wraps, 3.5x6 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 147638
Lee and Low Books: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Multicultural Publishing
New York: Lee & Low Books, 2003. Hardcover. Unpaginated hardcover, 10x10.5 inches, light shelfwear, very good. An overview of the children's books published by the company. More
Cat.No: 269146
Legacy; Afrikan student literary magazine, edition 94-95
Berkeley: n. pub. 1994. Paperback. viii, 52p., scattered illustrations, text printed sepia on nice alkaline paper and fastened into 8.5x5.5 inch decorated paper covers. Rear wrap has small light stain. The texts are sophisticated. More
Cat.No: 134307
Les Genies du Jazz, La discotheque de leurs chefs-d'oeuvre; nos. 1-14, 19-24, 33-38, 40-50, plus two (2) unnumbered issues [totaling 39 unduplicated issues]
Paris: Editions Atlas, 1990. Magazine. Minimally 12p. each (e.g., the one featuring Ella Fitzgerald is longer), staple-fastened slick magazines designed to accompany compact discs; paperstock uniformly glossy and alkaline, text filled with period color and b&w photography, all very good clean copies (maybe a little crimped along spinefolds), quite sound..... More
Cat.No: 244199
Les trompettes de Jéricho; par Paul Bringuier, in Voila, l'hebdomadaire du reportage, no. 379, 24 Juin 1938
Paris: Voila, 1938. 2p. centerfold article on the black musical by Géo François, illus. with photos by Voila-Brodsky + full photo back wrap in the 12x17 inch weekly magazine. More
Cat.No: 110277
Lesbian Connection: for, by & about lesbians; vol. 36, #1, July/Aug 2013
East Lansing: Helen Diner Memorial Women's Center, 2013. Magazine. 52p., includes covers, 7x10 inches, illustrations, articles, resources, ads, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 232151