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
Atlanta weeps for its children [handbill]
Oakland: Allen J. Gandy, [198-]. 14x8.5 inch handbill, one side a photocopy from a magazine of photos of 18 of the 21 Atlanta children murdered around 1980, the other side with Gandy's address and call to bible study; fold creases, good copy. More
Cat.No: 120649
Attica [poster]
Buffalo, NY: Attica Defense Committee, [1972]. 15x22 inch poster, couple minor spots of soil, depicting Black prisoners raising their fists. The Attica Defense Committee provided legal and public support for the prisoners who were charged with crimes related to the 1971 rebellion in the Attica Correctional Facility. More
Cat.No: 234045
Auch ich bin Amerika; dichtungen Amerikanischer neger, übertragen von Stephan Hermlin
Berlin: Verlag Volk und Welt, 1948. Paperback. 140p., wraps. Poetry in German translation faces English language originals, from Frances Harper to Sterling Brown. More
Cat.No: 70775
The availability of education in the Negro separate school; in the Journal of Negro Education, vol. XVI, no. 3, summer 1947
Washington: Howard University Press, 1947. Paperback. 216p., wraps, 4p. mimeo'd news release laid in. The entire issue, devoted to a survey of segregated school systems in 17 states and DC, contains articles on legal and institutional factors, the availability of education in the southern states, and availability at the different..... More
Cat.No: 78040
Azania combat; January - April 1977; Soweto a Luta Continua!
New York: Pan Africanist Congress Observer, 1977. 12p., including covers, 8.5x11 inches, photos, stapled wraps. Includes a statement from Winnie Mandela and "A Black U.S. Marxist-Leninist Remembers La Guma & Experiences with the S.A.C.P" More
Cat.No: 152173
Azania will be free! Down with South Africa! Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pan African Congress of Azania [poster]
San Francisco: [John Nyata Pokela Tour], n.d. 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
Bad Attitude: Radical Women's Newspaper; Issue 6, June/July/August 1994
London: Bad Attitude, 1994. Newspaper. 27p., folded tabloid format newspaper, lightly worn, top corners of pages 19 to 27 dog-eared else good condition. Articles on squatting, African women in war zones, sex toys, eco-feminism, the Zapatistas, lesbians and disability, an interview with African American filmmaker Julie Dash, and more. More
Cat.No: 241921
Bad beats, sacred rhythms: poetry by the Spoken Word
Washington DC: Spoken Word, 1993. vii, 100 p., very good in wraps. Poetry from the African American collective, much of it politically charged. "Sister disappeared on you / Trooper Blues" is dedicated to Assata Shakur. More
Cat.No: 198341
BAHSES News: an HIV education & prevention program serving people of all colors in the Bay Area; vol. 2, #2, February 1992
San Francisco: Bay Area HIV Support and Education Services, 1992. Single 8.5x11 inch pink sheet printed both sides, 3-hole punch on left side, light wear. BAHSES was a component of Black & White Men Together/Men of All Colors Together. More
Cat.No: 244491
Baptist Pathfinders: study guide for middle and senior adult groups, ages 35 and above; Nurture for Baptist Churches, series four vol. 80, #1
Nashville: Sunday School Publishing Board, 1990. 32p., 5.5x8.5 inches, introduction, very good booklet in stapled tan wraps. More
Cat.No: 214677
Bay Area cultural workers celebrate Labor Day and the 20th anniversary of the historic March on Washington
[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. More
Cat.No: 162546
Before Columbus Review [two issues]
Seattle: Before Columbus Foundation, 1989-1990. Two issues of the slender journal, 8.5x11 inches, 23 and 32 pages respectively, first issue on unevenly toned newsprint, later issue on better paper. Numbers present are vol. 1 nos. 1 and 3/4. Multicultural literary review. Contributors include Ishmael Reed, Bob Callahan, Amiri Baraka, Frank..... More
Cat.No: 236104
Berkeley Public Library's Annual Lesbian & Gay Author Reading: a unique and comfortable opportunity for cross-cultural dialog between the gay and straight communities [handbill] Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Darieck Scott & Canyon Sam
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
Bethany's Church Choir annual day, Sunday, September 26, 1993 5400 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA [souvenir program]
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 18, 1978
Oakland: the Church, 1978. 24p., illus. with photos, wraps. More
Cat.No: 41163
Beulah Chapter no. 24 Order of the Eastern Star, Prince Hall Rite of Adoption, California and Hawaii 53rd year, yearbook 1975
Oakland: The Order, 1975. 30p., 4.5x6.25 inches, red typeface and illustrated with 6 red-printed photos of members, all but one are women; speech, list of officers, events, committees, list of other chapters. Yellow stapled wraps, badly worn, stained and handling-soiled. More
Cat.No: 175188
Black & White Men Together - SFBA: A Deck of 52 &Getting Our Act Together [two leaflets]
San Francisco: BWMTSFBA, [1981]. Two leaflets, 5.5x8.5 inches printed one side only, very good. Leaflet #1 is for a Gaymes Night & Dance and #2 is a call for joining all gay men together to fight against racism and The New Right or Moral Majority. More
Cat.No: 237103
Black Americans in the Navy
Washington DC: Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Dept. [1978]. Paperback. 48p., 9.25x6 inches landscape format, Black history, historical highlights, future trends, education and training, profiles of the fleet, February historical calendar, b&w and color photos, very good first edition booklet in stapled black pictorial wraps. An informational booklet issued by..... More
Cat.No: 207876
The Black Business Network: A Directory of Black Owned Businesses and Professional Offices in the Birmingham Area; Volume 2, 1983-84
Birmingham, AL: The Research Associates, 1983. 28p., stapled wraps, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 242245
The Black Business Network: A Directory of Black Owned Businesses and Professional Offices in the Birmingham Area; Volume 4, 1985-86
Birmingham, AL: The Research Associates, 1985. 43p., stapled wraps, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 242246
Black Catholic Affairs / Renew Us / Archdiocese of San Francisco [pinback button]
San Francisco: the Archdiocese, n.d. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good. More
Cat.No: 237652
Black choreographers moving toward the 21st century 1992; in Talking Drums! The journal of black dance, vol. 2, no. 2, April 1992
Hollywood: Talking Drums! 1992. 37p., illus. program for the tour, 8.5x14 inches, slightly worn wraps. More
Cat.No: 69920
Black choreographers moving toward the 21st century; November 3-12, 1989
San Francisco: Theater Artaud, 1989. Pamphlet. 16p, illus. program for the tour's performances in San Francisco, 7 x 8.5 inches, illustrated wraps in red and black ink, Sold in combination with the November 1989 Tidbits magazine, 6p, a calender for the Bay Area black community which features a cover photo..... More
Cat.No: 163013
Black civil rights leaders
Chicago: Empak Publishing Company, 1990. 32p., illus., wraps. Educational pamphlet with short bios of Du Bois, Garvey, King, Hamer, Randolph and others. Black history #4. More
Cat.No: 132997
Black Congress / Dallas / 1980 [pinback button]
Dallas, TX: the Congress, 1980. 1.5 inch diameter pin, black text on white field. Apparently issued for the Black Congress on Health and Law. More
Cat.No: 212100