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
Health status of African American elders: implications for the next millennium; 1998 National Health Symposium, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, June 8 - Saturday, June 11, 1998
Washington: The National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, 1997. 11p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps. Call for presentations and abstracts. More
Cat.No: 128222
Health status of non-Hispanic U.S.-born and foreign-born black and white persons: United States, 1992-95; data from the National Health Interview survey
Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2005. iv, 20p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps. Vital and health statistics 10/226. More
Cat.No: 124221
Hear Harry Edwards ... speaking on affirmative action, Wed. Nov. 5 ... Student Union
[San Francisco]: Student Coalition against Racism and Associated Students, [1974?]. 8.5x11 inch flyer, printed single side, for the event at San Francisco State. More
Cat.No: 131664
Hello, Dolly! America's greatest musical hit
[New York]: David Merrick, [196-?]. [20]p., profusely illus. with black/white photos from the Broadway production, 8.5x11 inches, wraps with photos of stars Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway on the front. More
Cat.No: 79703
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Here and Now For Bobby Seale [poster]
n.p. [197-]. 17x22 inch poster, very good. Text below reads: "We must save Bobby Seale because / we must save the Black Panther Party because / we must save the revolutionary spirit in America.”. More
Cat.No: 234209
Heritage (formerly Soulword), a unique experience in black culture and history, yesterday, today, tomorrow, vol.VII, no. 1
Inglewood, CA: Dellco Publishing Company, 1985. vi, 56p., plus [3]p. ads (Los Angeles area), magazine in trade-wraps book format. Combines word games and poetry. More
Cat.No: 114983
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Heritage of Black America honoring distinguished Black Americans [1983 calendar]
New York: Freedom National Bank of New York, 1982. Calendar. [28p] includes covers, 8.75x9 inches, illustrations, photos, biographies, historical information, 12 month wall calendar, check marks on December days, mild wear and toning, stapled pictorial covers. More
Cat.No: 214648
Hidden from the headlines; the U.S. war against Haiti
Berkeley: Haiti Action Committee, [2004]. Pamphlet. 16p., wraps, minor creasing else very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 118946
The Hispanic American historical review November, 1974 volume 54 number 4
Durham: Duke University Press, 1974. Pp.567-761, xxii, plain printed journal wraps, mild signs of handling. A.J.R. Russell-Wood "Black and mulatto brotherhoods in colonial Brazil " a study in collective behavior" about 35p.; Stuart Schwartz " Manumission of slaves in colonial Brazil : Bahia, 1684-1745" about 30p.; Peter Marzahl "Creoles and... More
Cat.No: 95408
Historical book of Bethel Grove AME Church: Gray Court, South Carolina. New millennium, 1862-2000.
Greenville, SC: A Press, 2001. 229p., hardcover, front board slightly dished; numerous black and white photos of congregants, personal messages and history of the congregation. More
Cat.No: 184329
A history of baseball in the San Francisco Bay Area; San Francisco Giants official 1985 yearbook
San Francisco: Woodford Associates, 1985. 84p., 11x8.5 inches oblong, illustrated with photos, ads and stats, very good in worn original stapled pictorial wraps with photo of the 1909 PCL Champion San Francisco Seals team on the cover. More
Cat.No: 110955
A home of our own
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, [196-?]. 42p., wraps with subtitle "A guide for home buyers", aimed at African Americans. More
Cat.No: 80812
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Honor Her Legacy; The Bayview is not for Sale [3-inch pinback button with text in red and black on a colorphoto field (activist in a red hat and skyblue coat)]
San Francisco: no date. Pinback Button. 3-inch diameter pin, unflawed, very good exemplar. The Bayview, adjacent to Hunter's Point, is a low-income family-based area largely African American and long targeted by real estate entrepreneurs. More
Cat.No: 226868
Honor Martin Luther King Jr., March .... Join us on Friday evening, January 16
[Berkeley]: Citizens for an End to Racism, [197-?]. 1p. flyer, printed single side, 8.5x11 inches, calling for a march and rally in Berkeley and a caravan to an ecumenical service in Richmond. More
Cat.No: 107449
Human rights in Brazil 2001; a report by the Social Network for Justice and Human Rights in partnership with Global Exchange
São Paulo: Social Network for Justice and Human Rights i, [2002]. 216p., wraps. Includes a 7-page intro to "women's police stations," the first such established in 1985, "the main public and political arena to combat and prevent violence against women" More
Cat.No: 137919
Human rights in the Great Society; a summary report of the 22nd annual Institute of Race Relations, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, june 28-July 10, 1965
Nashville: Race Relations Department, United Church of Christ, 1965. 124p., title page has a corner clipped, otherwise very good in wraps. Contributors include Julian Bond and Benjamin Quarles, among others. Short presentations on the Mexican-American and Puerto Rican experiences are included. More
Cat.No: 25198
I seminario sobre la situación de las comunidades negra, chicana, cubana, india y puertorriqueña en Estados unidos: Memorias
Havana: Editora Política, 1984. 522p., very good in wraps, text in Spanish. Includes papers by Roxanne Dunbar, Ron Daniels, Robert Chrisman and other American leftists in addition to Cuban and Latin American authors. More
Cat.No: 206426
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I stand with the Hon. Elijah Muhammad [pinback button]
[East Bay, CA]: [Nation of Islam], n.d. 1.75 inch diameter pin, a lovely example, basically as-made with mirror-like reverse, from a tiny stash obtained from the original manufacturer. More
Cat.No: 204518
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I support the Eastside Cultural Center [pinback button]
Oakland: the Center, [201-]. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good, with portrait of Malcolm X. More
Cat.No: 220200
The I.B.W.A. quarterly; an anthology, winter edition, 1991
Oakland: The International Black Writers & Artists, 1991. 30p., wraps. Richard Moore edited the journal, which contains both prose and poetry. More
Cat.No: 48247
IBW and education for liberation; with an IBW historical overview by Vincent Harding and an essay by Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Chicago and Atlanta: Third World Press and Institute of the Black World, 1973. ix, 8p. + [2]p. postscript, very good in staplebound wraps. Revised second edition. More
Cat.No: 121302
In the spirit of Butler; trade unionism in free Grenada
St. George's: Fedon Publishers, 1982. 104p., coated paperstock throughout, illus. with photos of persons at work, on activist marches, and portrait studies; wraps, mild signs of handling. More
Cat.No: 47841
The In Touch Book of Blacks: beautiful, big, and black
Los Angeles: In Touch, [1970s]. Magazine. [48p] includes covers, 8.25x10.75 inches, no text except some names of models, illustrated withb&w and color explicit photographs of African America men, very good magazine format portfolio in stapled pictorial wraps with a disturbing photo of a young African American man eating a watermelon..... More
Cat.No: 219084
Independent black leadership in America; Minister Louis Farrakhan, Dr. Lenora B. Fulani, Reverend Al Sharpton
New York: Castillo International, 1992. Paperback. 128p., later printing, wraps mildly worn, some rippling at spine due to printer's error, else very good. More
Cat.No: 18317
The infusion of African and African-American content in the school curriculum program; third national converence, February 20-22, 1992, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta: the Conference, 1992. [32]p. program, 8.5x11 inches, wraps with six words in pen on the front (book titles). More
Cat.No: 135896
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