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
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
Black control of the black community / Boutelle in '68 [pinback button]
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. Puerto Rican control of the Puerto Rican community; vote Socialist Workers
New York: Socialist Workers Party, 1970. 8.5x11 inch flyer, printed two sides. Issued in support of the SWP slate in New York elections, 1970. More
Cat.No: 125836
Black culture quiz
New York: The Sperry and Hutchingson Company, 1975. Pamphlet. 43p., later printing of the revised edition, very good in wraps. More
Cat.No: 114342
Black culture quiz
New York: The Sperry and Hutchingson Company, 1979. Pamphlet. 23p. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches in brown printed stapled wraps. This a fourth printing of the edition revised in 1978. More
Cat.No: 217133
The Black Dollar: the official newsletter of Recycling Black Dollars (April-May, 1996)
Inglewood, CA: Recycling Black Dollars, 1996. 8p., staplebound newsletter, 8.5x11 inches. Rear cover foxed, otherwise very good. RBD issued "Black Dollar Coupons" (one of which is on the cover) which could be used at local participating Black-owned businesses. One coupon would accompany nine dollars, effectively a 10 percent discount for..... More
Cat.No: 243717
Black filmmakers hall of fame 1975 the second Oscar Micheaux awards ceremony, February 16, 1975, Paramount Theatre of the Arts, Oakland, California
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 awards ceremony, February 16, 1975, Paramount Theatre of the Arts, Oakland, California
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 ceremony, February 20, 1977, Paramount Theatre of the Arts, Oakland, California
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 filmmakers hall of fame 1979; Sixth Annual Oscar Micheaux awards ceremony, February 18, 1979, Paramount Theatre of the Arts, Oakland, California
Oakland: Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Guild of the Oakland Museum Association, 1979. [32]p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps slightly worn, one page creased, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 237230
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame presents the Fifteenth Annual Oscar Micheaux awards ceremony
Oakland: Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 1988. Six-panel playbill, 5.5x11 inches, Gala Program, Awards Program, Acknowledgements, worn and stained, printed on heavy stock. More
Cat.No: 237272
Black filmworks festival of film & video; April 16 thru April 25, 1992
Oakland: Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 1992. [40]p. illus. program for the event, wraps. More
Cat.No: 104495
Black heritage is us
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. [24]p., illus., 6.5x9.5 inches, wraps. Promotional brochure for Holt's projected 27 volume Black Heritage series. More
Cat.No: 81807