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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Association re-affirms its position on race
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1961. Two-sheet 8.5x11 inch press release, punch-holed and stapled. On the American Anthropological Association's repudiation of racism. Report L-29. More
Cat.No: 138850
![Atlanta weeps for its children [handbill]](/pictures/thumb/120649.jpg?v=1514606914)
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
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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]](/pictures/thumb/183558.jpg?v=1528607458)
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
B-Men number one (a special edition of the male-oriented ads that appear in BLK)
Los Angeles: Blk Publishing, 1993. Magazine. 24p. including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, newsprint, personal ads, several hi-lighted in pink, otherwise a very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps, small closed tear on rear cover. More
Cat.No: 184332
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
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
![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](/pictures/thumb/229999.jpg?v=1539227223)
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]](/pictures/thumb/207141.jpg?v=1484089266)
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 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
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
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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
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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
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
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