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.
Parish Thompson and God's Chosen Few: Second anniversary. Touch somebody's...
Oakland: Parish Thompson, 1977. [36p.], staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, staples rusted else very good. Souvenir booklet for a performance by the African American gospel band. Photos of the members, brief biographies, and many ads and messages of support. More
Cat.No: 206394
The Partisan: magazine of Youth Against War & Fascism. Vol...
New York: Youth Against War & Fascism, 1967. Magazine. 30p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w photos; rear wrap unevenly toned, touch of rust to staples else very good in staplebound wraps. Cover collage of the Pentagon surrounded by demonstrators. Much on the Vietnam War, Black rebellions, and much more... More
Cat.No: 206714
Party building. Against revisionism and dogmatism
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Workers' Organizing Committee, [197-]. 56p., 8.5x11 inch staplebound pamphlet, paperstock toned. Reprints #1, second edition. Collection of articles from the Organizer, 1975-1976. More
Cat.No: 162041
Peace and justice. Vol. 1 No. 3
Los Angeles: Peace Action Council, 1971. Single issue of the tabloid format newspaper, 16p., evenly toned, some creasing. News on the anti-war movement, update on Angela Davis, centerfold poster for a major demonstration. More
Cat.No: 206718
People of New York! Shall we have the days of...
New York: Communist Party and Young Communist League, [1935]. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch leaflet, toned, with year penned at corner, some edge stains and chipping (no text loss); two old pieces of paper tape on verso. Just before the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, urges the reader to attend the rally at..... More
Cat.No: 310319
The people take the lead; a record of progress in...
New York: National Labor Service, 1955. Pamphlet. 30p., staplebound pamphlet, 5.75x8.75 inches, very good condition. Lists milestones on various fronts, including education, housing, and employment; desegregation decisions forced by the courts are categorized separately from changes made voluntarily by various organizations. More
Cat.No: 276464
People's Party 1976 campaign platform
Oakland, CA: The People's Party, 1976. 4p., tabloid newspaper format, evenly toned, else very good but for rubberstamp of East Bay Peace & Freedom People's Party. Portrait of presidential candidate Margaret Wright. Only one copy found in OCLC as of 1/2021. Wright, a Los Angeles community activist, was on the..... More
Cat.No: 139726
People's Tribune [25 issues]
Chicago: Communist League; Communist Labor Party of the United States of North America, 1971-1976. Newspaper. Twenty-five issues of the newspaper, published originally by the Communist League until August 1974, and then by the CLP from September 1974, after the latter group had been organized in Chicago. These issues are generally..... More
Cat.No: 266752
Perspectives: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Winter 1964)
New York: Jewish Labor Bund, 1964. 50p., stapled wraps, 7x9.75 inches, wraps lightly soiled, else very good condition; first and apparently only issue of the Jewish democratic socialist magazine. Articles include "Yiddish and the intellectuals," "The Negro revolution," "African Nationalism," and more. More
Cat.No: 152220
[Photograph of Billy Cox]
npl: npub, nd. Photograph. 8x6 inch photograph of Billy "William" Cox, in very good condition. Bassist for Jimi Hendrix. More
Cat.No: 312594
[Pinback button depicting an outline of the USA within a....
n.p. [197-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, very good. More
Cat.No: 248698
[Pinback button depicting Martin Luther King, Jr.]
[Hempstead, NY]: Larry Fox, [196-]. Pinback Button. 2.25 inch diameter pin, maker's mark almost hidden over the curl. Issued after MLK's assassination. More
Cat.No: 296584
[Pinback button depicting raised Black fist]
n.p. n.d. 1.75 inch pin, anonymously made, with red, black, and green field. Circa 1980s. More
Cat.No: 269208
Piney Woods Country Life School Seventeenth Annual Founder’s Day and...
Piney Woods, MS: Piney Woods Country Life School, 1992. Staplebound. [84] pages, illustrations, wraps. 11 x 8.5 in. On rear cover: “Printed by students in the Graphic Arts Department.”. Commemorative booklet issued for the 83rd anniversary of the Piney Woods School, a historically African-American boarding school. Reproduces numerous historical photographs..... More
Cat.No: 301793
Playbill for All God's dangers: starring Cleavon Little at the...
New York: Playbill Inc., 1989. 118p., 5.5x8.5 inches, photos, ads, articles, cast bios, very good original program/playbill for the one-man show in stapled pictorial wraps. Based on Theodore Rosengarten's National Book Award-winning book about Nate Shaw/Ned Cobb, a southern African American sharecropper. More
Cat.No: 186737
The Playgoer: the magazine in the theatre; Claudia McNeil in...
Los Angeles: John F. Huber Publishing Co., 1960. Magazine. 50p., 6x9 inches, in original playbill/program booklet in stapled pictorial wraps, a tad soiled on back wrap, wraps a tad handled, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 294997
PM sham battle against Negro job discrimination [broadside]
New York: Upper Harlem Section, Communist Party, [1941]. Broadside. 11x17 inch broadside on newsprint; horizontal fold crease, paper toned, "May, 1941" penned in lower right corner, four staple holes at top with old pieces of brown paper tape on the verso. Responds to a recent exposé in the newspaper PM..... More
Cat.No: 277795
Pocket Guide to Minority Health Resources
Rockville, MD: US Dept. of Health & Human resources, Public Healthe Service, Office of Minority Health, 1995. Paperback. 102p., 3.75x6.5 inches, services and resources listings, very good pocketbook paperback in green wraps. State contacts, clearinghouses, organizations, materials, colleges etc. More
Cat.No: 230021
Political Affairs; The Best of PA, A Marxist Monthly. 2003-2004...
New York: Political Affairs, 2004. Paperback. 36p., a slick self-wraps softbound, an 8x11 inch oblong staple-fastened, plenty of b&w modernist images and photoportraits of the notable hip. Substantial interviews with Sanchez et al. An excellent copy: entirely sound, clean and unmarked. - PS, the "special offer" is cheap subscription for..... More
Cat.No: 308540
Porgy and Bess
Amsterdam: J. de Blieck, 1956. 28p. profusely illus., 9.5x12.5 inch program for the Dutch production, wraps. More
Cat.No: 152297
Portland Observer second annual documentary issue of the life of...
Portland, OR: Portland Observer / Exie Publishing, 1983. Newspaper. Newspaper, dated January 26, 1983, in three sections, 12, 15, 15 pages. Timeline, articles, images, illustrations and, of course, ads (Safeway, Northwest Natural, Anheuser-Busch to name 3) featuring Martin Luther King. Some creasing to corners. Inevitable age toning to newsprint. More
Cat.No: 204028
Portraits in black; celebrating the Buffalo Soldiers .... May 1...
San Francisco: n, pub. 1995. 8.5x11 inch handbill for the exhibition, printed single side, with large photo of two of the Buffalo Soldiers taking up the top 2/3 of the page, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 131372
[Postcard with African American man and woman]
n.p. n.pub. [1930s]. 3.5x5.5-inch postcard of black and white photo of black couple, pencilled inscription on verso, no postmark. Photo taken of addressee's brother and sister-in-law against painted background. More
Cat.No: 185143
Power, at last forever!/Poder al fin para siempre; Minister Farrakhan...
Los Angeles: n. pub. [198-?]. 8.5x11 inch flyer, printed two sides (one with text in English, the other in Spanish), over half the flyer a photo of Farrakhan superimposed over the Forum, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 105780
Power, at last forever!/Poder al fin para siempre; Minister Farrakhan...
Los Angeles: n. pub. [198-?]. 8.5x11 inch flyer, printed two sides (one with text in English, the other in Spanish), over half the flyer a photo of Farrakhan superimposed over the Forum, small tear at base and indentation caused by paper clip. More
Cat.No: 105781
Kathleen Cleaver [poster]
Mosley, David; artist
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