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.
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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
Beulah Chapter no. 24 Order of the Eastern Star, Prince...
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
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
Big Muddy Gazette: vol. 4, #1-4 & 9,Sept.-Dec. 1971 &...
Carbondale: Big Muddy Gazette, 1971. Newspaper. five issues, various pagination, folded tabloid underground newspaper, heavy wear and chipping, handwritten address Red Eye Media and stamped Exchange, articles, opinion, poetry, events, good on newsprint. The death of George Jackson cover story on issue #1. Trial of the Carbondale 6. Gay Liberation..... More
Cat.No: 298288
Billie Holiday [pinback button]
[West Orange, NJ]: Ferne Sales Co., n.d. Pinback Button. 2.25 inch diameter pin, very good. This maker produced many feminist pins; this was part of a series depicting notable women. More
Cat.No: 282628
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1977
[Washington DC]: [GPO], [1977]. Pamphlet. 24p., stapled wraps, 9x6.5 inches landscape format, profusely illus., rubberstamp on title page, else very good condition. House Document 950258. More
Cat.No: 306673
Black Civil Rights Leaders
Chicago: Empak Publishing Company, 1990. 32p., illus., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps worn else very good condition. Black History Series #4. Educational pamphlet with short bios of Du Bois, Garvey, King, Hamer, Randolph and others. More
Cat.No: 132997
The Black Collegian, The National Magazine of Black College Students...
New Orleans: Black Collegiate Services, 1976. Magazine. Pp. 2-82, 8.5x11 inch glossary wrap magazine, in very good condition. Focus in this issue is "Careers in energy" More
Cat.No: 292246
Black control of the black community / Boutelle in '68...
n.p. [Socialist Workers Party], 1968. 1.75 inch diameter pin, portrait of the presidential candidate with fuscia and black lettering around. Paul Boutelle changed his name to Kwame Montsho Ajamu Somburu in 1979. More
Cat.No: 176092
Black control of the black community / Vote Socialist Workers...
New York: [Socialist Workers Party], 1972. Poster. 16.75x10.75 inch poster, minor edgewear. More
Cat.No: 283452
Black control of the black community / Vote Socialist Workers...
New York: [Socialist Workers Party], 1972. Poster. 16.75x10.75 inch poster, very good. More
Cat.No: 283453
Black Culture Quiz
New York: The Sperry and Hutchingson Company, 1979. Pamphlet. 23p., stapled wraps, 8.25x5.5 inches, very good condition. This a fourth printing of the edition revised in 1978. More
Cat.No: 217133
Black Family Day. Vol. 1 no. 29 (May 22, 1971)
Davis, CA: 1971. Newspaper. 8p. tabloid format student activist newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned, otherwise very good. OCLC lists three holdings, all vol. 1 no. 29; a close reading of page 2 suggests that this was actually an issue of Third World News, a student activist publication, with a different..... More
Cat.No: 304076
Black filmmakers hall of fame 1975 the second Oscar Micheaux...
Oakland: Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, 1975. Oversized Paperback. Unpaginated (about 50p.), 8.5x8.5 inches, photos in text, slender softcover. Very good. More
Cat.No: 137999
Black filmmakers hall of fame 1975 the second Oscar Micheaux...
Oakland: Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, 1975. Oversized Paperback. Unpaginated (about 50p.), 8.5x8.5 inches, photos in text, slender softcover, wraps stained and discolored along top edge else very good. More
Cat.No: 252153
Black filmmakers hall of fame 1977; fourth Oscar Micheaux awards...
Oakland: Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, 1977. [32]p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps slightly soiled. More
Cat.No: 42200
Black Guards Organ. Vol. 1 no. 2 (April 8-May 8...
San Francisco: African Descendants Provisional Government, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, single issue of the scarce publication issued by a revolutionary organization that also ran a Black security guard company. Horizontal fold, some toning. Al Sultan Nasser A. Shabazz, formerly known as NOI Minister Charles CX De Blew, was..... More
Cat.No: 306194
Black Heritage is Us
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Pamphlet. [24]p.,stapled wraps, 6.5x9.5 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Promotional brochure for Holt's projected 27 volume Black Heritage series. More
Cat.No: 81807
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, evenly toned else very good on newsprint. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More
Cat.No: 139866
Black history and the class struggle
New York: Spartacist Publishing Company, 1990. Pamphlet. 16p., 8.25x11 inches, wraps, very good. Later printing of 1983 original. Black history and the class struggle 1. More
Cat.No: 238516
Black lesbian newsletter; No. 5 (November 1982)
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. Pamphlet. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in pictorial wraps. Includes poetry, classifieds, and announcements of local cultural events. More
Cat.No: 240466
Black lesbian newsletter; Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 1982)
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. Pamphlet. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in pictorial wraps. Includes poetry, classifieds, and announcements of local cultural events. More
Cat.No: 194704
Black lesbian newsletter; Vol. 1, No. 6 (December 1982)
San Francisco: Black Lesbian Newsletter, 1982. Newsletter. 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good in pictorial wraps. Includes poetry, classifieds, and announcements of local cultural events. More
Cat.No: 292622
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