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.
Amigo #1 adults only, studies in the male nude
no place: no publisher, [1970s?]. Magazine. [24p] includes covers, 5.25x8.5 inches, no text, all b&w full-frontal male nude photos, old price sticker on cover else a very good digest-size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Many Latino and African American models, most uncut. More
Cat.No: 307603
Analysis, Lest we forget
Belmont, MA: The Review of the News, 1968. Pamphlet. 8p., stapled wraps, 5.5x7.5 inches, very good condition. Reprint of "Analysis" article from the April 24, 1968 issue of Review of the News, as a separate pamphlet. John Birch Society viewpoint. John Birch Society perspective arguing that Martin Luther King Jr...... More
Cat.No: 271075
Announcing .... 2nd annual post Easter conference on preaching; Friday...
Detroit: Hartford Baptist Church and Metropolitan Church of God, 1979. Six-panel brochure, printed two sides, with Taylor's photograph, very good. More
Cat.No: 147685
Announcing vital information on America's two largest ethnic groups
Detroit: Gale Research, 1991. Paperback. 28p., 8.5x5.5 inches oblong, illustrated with photos of book covers, catalog of titles available from Gale in the areas of African American and Hispanic American studies, address label on rear wrap else very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 169251
Anthony J. Perez, Jr. vs. Muhammad Ali
[New York]: 1975-1976. Hardcover. A bound volume containing photoreproductions of 28 different trial documents from the Southern District of New York, where the boxing referee Anthony Perez sued Muhammad Ali for $20 million for making statements that Perez called malicious, false and defamatory. The lawsuit was ultimately quashed, and the..... More
Cat.No: 299801
An anthropologist looks at the race question; in Social Action...
New York: Council for Social Action, of the Congregational Christian Churches, 1945. 48p., very good in wraps with a photo of Joe Louis in uniform on the front; cover story by Hortense Powdermaker. The issue, devoted to ''significant intercultural and interracial experiments" includes material on Jewish Americans and African Americans..... More
Cat.No: 145335
[Archive of 291 items from the Workers Defense League]
New York: the League, 1938-1951. Ephemera. A group of 291 different newsletters, press releases, and other publications of the Workers Defense League, including the Last-Minute News, Press Service and its successor News Service, Workers Defense Bulletin, and a smattering of other publications. The WDL, which emerged from legal efforts by..... More
Cat.No: 308035
"The artist must elect to fight for freedom or for...
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Cultural Workers, n.d. Pinback Button. 1.5 inch square pin, very good. Probably 1990s, as the contact info on the back includes a fax. More
Cat.No: 305566
As we rise; photography from the Black Atlantic
New York: Aperture Foundation, 2021. Hardcover. 184p., 10x11.5 inches; illustrated boards; color photos., slight bump on front board along fore-edge, in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 305372
Association of Black Psychologists Newsletter. Volume 12, Number 1, Fall...
Washington DC: Association of Black Psychologists, 1980. Staplebound. 27, [3] pages, illustrations, wraps. 11 x 8.5 in. Organization news, including a conference report, job listings, chapter news, and event announcements. A scarce serial, with WorldCat reporting only six locations as of March 2023. More
Cat.No: 301795
Association of Black Psychologists Newsletter. Volume 12, Number 1, Fall...
Washington DC: Association of Black Psychologists, 1978. Staplebound. 26, [4] pages, illustrations, wraps. 11 x 8.5 in. Folded once in half. Final leaf detached. A long report on the 11th Annual Convention for Black Psychologists (with photo-illustrations) is followed by chapter updates, job announcements, and a blank form for ordering..... More
Cat.No: 301796
Attica… did not start here nor will it end here!...
Buffalo, NY: National Lawyers Guild, Buffalo Chapter, 1971. newspaper. 4p. newsletter in tabloid newspaper format, evenly toned, horizontal fold, very good. “The National Lawyers Guild, Buffalo Chapter, is publishing this newsletter in an effort to provide a link between community and prison. A link that can add strength to movements..... More
Cat.No: 270386
Au Courant: Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Newsweekly; vol. 13, #16...
Philadelphia: Frank Broderick, 1995. Newspaper. 32p., folded tabloid newspaper, very good on newsprint. More
Cat.No: 315510
Azania will be free! Down with South Africa! Celebrate the...
San Francisco: [John Nyata Pokela Tour], n.d. Poster. 17x22 inch poster featuring a crowd of demonstrators with fists raised, small golden outline of the African continent; edgeworn. Issued to promote the national tour of John Nyata Pokela; lengthy sponsorship list at bottom. More
Cat.No: 183558
BAJI Reader. Vol. 1 no. 1 (Spring 2009). Black perspectives...
Berkeley: Black Alliance for Just Immigration, 2009. Staplebound. 47p. staplebound journal, 8.5x11 inches, very good. More
Cat.No: 299455
Baptist Pathfinders: study guide for middle and senior adult groups...
Nashville: Sunday School Publishing Board, 1990. 32p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, very good booklet in stapled tan wraps. More
Cat.No: 214677
Basic Black: vol. 1, #1
no place: no pub. no date. Magazine. [48p] includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, entirely explicit nude photos in b&w and color of African American men, good magazine in lightly worn, stapled wraps with explicit color covers and small price sticker. More
Cat.No: 312405
Bay Area cultural workers celebrate Labor Day and the 20th...
[San Francisco?]: n. pub. [1983]. 8.5x11 inch printed sheet with quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and a list of participants, including Angela Davis, Decca Truehaft (Jessica Mitford), Nina Serrano, Teatro Latino and many others, lightly toned else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 162546
BeatBox: for the hip hop mind. Issue 4
San Francisco: BeatBox, 2000. Four-page newsletter, 8.5x11 inches, horizontal fold. Political hip hop updates, with brief notes about Michael Franti, Dilated Peoples, Invisibl Skratch Pickls, Makeba Mooncycle and others. More
Cat.No: 249897
Benefit Party for Monroe Freedom Riders. African Dance Studio [handbill]
[San Francisco]: Committee to Aid Monroe Defendants, [1963]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill, faint corner crease, very good. The Committee helped to defend Robert F. Williams, Harold Reape, Richard Crowder, John Lowry, Mae Mallory, and others working for Civil Rights in Monroe, North Carolina. More
Cat.No: 293152
Berkeley Public Library's Annual Lesbian & Gay Author Reading: a....
Berkeley: Friends of the Library, no date. Single 11x8.5 inch handbill in landscape format on lavender stock with photos of the three authors and event information, lightly-stained otherwise good. More
Cat.No: 229999
Berkeley Tribe: vol. 1, #8 (#8), Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 1969...
Berkeley, CA: Red Mountain Tribe, 1969. Newspaper. 28p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, else very good condition. Early issue of the underground paper put out by the former staff of the Berkeley Barb. Reprints police strategy documents outlining plans for attacking Black Panther headquarters. More
Cat.No: 280763
Bethany's Church Choir annual day, Sunday, September 26, 1993, 5400...
Oakland: Bethany's Church, 1993. Four panel souvenir program, 8.5x11 inches, list of deceased members, program for the event, officers and committees, single song sheet "We've Come This far By Faith" by Albert A. Goodson laid-in, very good. More
Cat.No: 207141
Bethel Baptist Church: seventeenth annual scholarship awards program, Sunday, June...
Oakland: the Church, 1978. 24p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, illus. with photos, wraps lightly worn, small stain on rear wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 41163
A Bibliography of Afro-American, Spanish American, American Oriental and American...
Berkeley: Elementary Intern Program, Department of Education, University of California, 1970. Paperback. iii, 112p., copy shop-bound book, 8.5x10.9 inches. Only 3 copies found in the OCLC as of August 2022. Neat ownership stamp on front cover, title page, else very good. More
Cat.No: 289686
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