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.
The Guild Practitioner: Volume 26, Number 3, Summer 1967. Special...
Berkeley: National Lawyers Guild, 1967. Magazine. pp65-118., stapled wraps, 5.25x8.25 inches, very good condition. Includes an article on Black draftees. More
Cat.No: 283745
The Guild Practitioner: Volume 38, Number 2, Spring 1981
Berkeley: National Lawyers Guild, 1981. Magazine. pp33-64, stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. Includes an article about Black tenants and their landlord who were harassed by a white neighbor. More
Cat.No: 283736
The Guild Practitioner: Volume 39, Number 4, Fall 1982
Berkeley: National Lawyers Guild, 1982. Magazine. pp97-128, stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, front wrap slightly creased, else very good condition. Includes a critique of the NLG's workshops on racism by Fania E. Davis and an oral history of a woman lawyer in the depression. More
Cat.No: 283730
The Guild Practitioner: Volume 46, Number 2, Spring 1989
Berkeley: National Lawyers Guild, 1989. Magazine. pp33-64, stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, staples rusted else very good condition. Includes Angela Y. Davis's keynote address at the NLG's convention. More
Cat.No: 283725
Haiti: ¡La dechoukage apenas ha comenzado! Selecciones de Un Mundo...
Coyoacán, DF: Un Mundo Que Ganar, 1996. Pamphlet. 31p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Text in Spanish. RCP publication. More
Cat.No: 121532
The Hammer: A working class journal of cultural thought and...
Philadelphia: Heike Rass-Paulmier and Stephen L. Paulmier, 1997. 35p., 8.5x11 inches, very good condition. Includes poetry by Amiri Baraka and Martin Espada, Elaine Kim on Asian American literature, and more. Motto is Brecht's quote, "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape..... More
Cat.No: 263319
Hands off Kevin Clark [pinback button]
[San Francisco]: [2013]. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good. Issued after video footage emerged showing San Francisco police beating the 18-year-old African American community college student. More
Cat.No: 235487
Handsome Devil: #1
Los Angeles: Classic Pubs. 1970. Magazine. [64p] includes covers, 8.25x10.75 inches, b&w and full-color full-frontal nude photos of African American men and White Hippie men, big black marker price on cover else good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 311906
Handsome Devil: #1
Los Angeles: Classic Pubs. 1970. Magazine. [64p] includes covers, 8.25x10.75 inches, b&w and full-color full-frontal nude photos of African American men and White Hippie men, chip on bottom corner else a very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 311921
Harlem Mass Meeting: Civil Service [handbill]
New York: AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), [1936]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, mimeographed text on one side, year penned at lower right corner. Announces a rally at the Renaissance Casino to push for the AFGE's Civil Service program; states that a band will lead a march up Lenox Ave..... More
Cat.No: 306174
Health status of African American elders: implications for the next...
Washington: The National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, 1997. 11p., 8.5x11 inches, stapled wraps, very good condition. Call for presentations and abstracts. More
Cat.No: 128222
Health status of non-Hispanic U.S.-born and foreign-born black and white...
Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2005. iv, 20p., 8.5x11 inches, stapled wraps, very good condition. Vital and health statistics 10/226. More
Cat.No: 124221
Hear Harry Edwards ... speaking on affirmative action, Wed. Nov...
[San Francisco]: Student Coalition against Racism and Associated Students, [1974?]. 8.5x11 inch flyer, printed single side, for the event at San Francisco State, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 131664
Hear the truth about war and fascism [leaflet]
[Buffalo, NY]: Shiloh Baptist Church, 1936. Pamphlet. 5.5x8.5 inch leaflet, very good, "Buffalo" penned at lower right corner. Announcement of an event at the Black church, with speakers including its pastor, Elijah J. Echols, as well as Helen Alpert, Rev. Lewis W. Holley, and Cyrus Rigby. More
Cat.No: 283931
The heat is on!
New York: Civil Rights Congress, [1950]. Pamphlet. [14p.] staplebound pamphlet, very good, year of receipt penciled at bottom of rear cover. Updates on legal challenges fought by the CRC, including cases like that of Willie McGee, as well as civil rights issues more broadly construed, such as union activists fighting..... More
Cat.No: 290668
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, very good condition; stapled wraps with photos of stars Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway on the front. More
Cat.No: 79703
Help build African People's Solidarity Day [handbill]
San Francisco: Community Prison Project, Inc., [1980]. Handbill. 8.5x14 inch sheet printed both sides, neatly fold-creased with mailing label on the verso; year written in orange pencil at the top. The issuing organization was affiliated with the African People's Socialist Party. "We want to let you know about the upcoming..... More
Cat.No: 296148
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, else very good condition in stapled pictorial covers. More
Cat.No: 214648
Hidden from the headlines: the U.S. war against Haiti
Berkeley: Haiti Action Committee, [2004]. Pamphlet. 16p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, minor creasing and corner-tip turns, good condition. More
Cat.No: 118946
Hogan and Marks conspire to murder Panther baby! [handbill]
Brooklyn: Black Panther Party Legal Defense Fund, 1969. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed handbill, some foxing and edgewear. Describes how the arrest of Curtiss Powell, one of the Panther 21, so distressed his pregnant wife that she went into labor prematurely, losing their baby. States that the children of another arrestee..... More
Cat.No: 309378
Hombre: #3
no place: no pub. [1960s?]. Magazine. [24p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, disclaimer that the magazine is meant as a guide for artists and sculptors else entirely comprised of b&w full-frontal nude photos of amateur models, African American & White in physique-style poses, very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial..... More
Cat.No: 297568
Hombre: #3
no place: no pub. [1960s?]. Magazine. [24p] includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, disclaimer that the magazine is meant as a guide for artists and sculptors else entirely comprised of b&w full-frontal nude photos of amateur models, African American & White in physique-style poses, mild wear with small chip at top else..... More
Cat.No: 309140
A Home of Our Own
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, [196-?]. Pamphlet. 42p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, very good condition; wraps with subtitle "A guide for home buyers", aimed at African Americans. More
Cat.No: 80812
Honor Her Legacy; The Bayview is not for Sale [3-inch...
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...
[Berkeley]: Citizens for an End to Racism, [197-?]. 1p. flyer, printed single side, 8.5x11 inches, very good condition; calling for a march and rally in Berkeley and a caravan to an ecumenical service in Richmond. More
Cat.No: 107449
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Mosley, David; artist
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