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.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper; horizontal fold, mild toning. Brief pen notation on front cover draws attention to an article about an attack on the NCCF in New Orleans. Cover story reports on problems with police in Toledo, Ohio and New Orleans. Rear cover poster..... More
Cat.No: 90151
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper; horizontal fold, mild toning. Cover story reports on problems with police in Toledo, Ohio and New Orleans. Rear cover poster by Emory Douglas under the heading "We will not hesitate to either kill or die for our freedom." Other articles..... More
Cat.No: 290197
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper; horizontal fold, corner creased, some foxing. Cover story reports on problems with police in Toledo, Ohio and New Orleans. Rear cover poster by Emory Douglas under the heading "We will not hesitate to either kill or die for our freedom."..... More
Cat.No: 298073
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper, horizontal fold, some spots of foxing, rubbed along the fold crease. Emory Douglas poster on back: "In revolution one wins or one dies." Cover story about 14-year-old Calvin Bradley shot by a security guard in Illinois. Centerfold Emory Douglas collage..... More
Cat.No: 155750
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 23p. tabloid format newspaper; "re: centerfold" penned at top (referring to a centerfold article stating that Black people were increasingly willing to retaliate in kind to police violence). Horizontal fold, minor toning. Halloween-themed issue with Emory Douglas "Trick or treat pigs, trick or treat"..... More
Cat.No: 156230
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 19p. illus. tabloid with Emory Douglas poster on back, horizontal fold, front cover somewhat foxed, rubbed at the fold. Front cover "On the Battlefield in Cairo, Illinois." Center story "Free Bobby and Ericka Rally Nov. 3, 1970 New Haven, Connecticut." Rear poster: "Just wait..... More
Cat.No: 287550
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 19p. illus. tabloid with Emory Douglas poster on back, horizontal fold, rubbed at the fold, small tape repair to a tear at the top of the front and back covers. Front cover "On the Battlefield in Cairo, Illinois." Center story "Free Bobby and Ericka..... More
Cat.No: 288403
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
San Francisco: The Black Panther Party, Ministry of Information, 1970. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid format newspaper, mild horizontal fold, evenly toned. Front cover features Fred Hampton and Mark Clark on the one year anniversary of their death. Rear cover is a full page Emory Douglas poster, "You can murder a revolutionary..... More
Cat.No: 290910
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
San Francisco: The Black Panther Party, Ministry of Information, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, mild horizontal fold, evenly toned. Cover story on fighting slumlords in NYC; rear cover is a full page Emory Douglas poster depicting a policeman who has been felled by a shotgun blast, captioned "Every door..... More
Cat.No: 291359
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
San Francisco: The Black Panther Party, Ministry of Information, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, mild horizontal fold, evenly toned. Cover story on guerrilla war in the US, with a map copied from Scanlan's showing bombings and other attacks. The editorial begins, "That there is a new wave of urban..... More
Cat.No: 291360
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. V, no...
San Francisco: The Black Panther Party, Ministry of Information, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, mild toning and wear along the horizontal fold, faint stain at right. Cover story on guerrilla war in the US, with a map copied from Scanlan's showing bombings and other attacks. The editorial begins, "That..... More
Cat.No: 291361
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. VI, no...
San Francisco: The Black Panther Party, Ministry of Information, 1971. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, some corner creases, closed tears at corners on right side. Cover depicts Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins (the latter holding her baby). Rear cover is a full page Emory Douglas poster depicting a...... More
Cat.No: 298078
The Black Panther community news service. No. 18 (March 11...
Compton, CA: Black Panther Party, Southern California Chapter, 1970. Newspaper. 8p. tabloid newspaper, toned along the horizontal crease. Faintly musty scent. Local branch newspaper, much scarcer than the main BPP newspaper published in Oakland. Cover story on Romaine Fitzgerald, known as "Chip," who was "arrested on a phony charge of..... More
Cat.No: 284611
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, vol. VI no. 6...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1971. Newspaper. 16p. + four page supplement, tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold crease. Front cover headline reads "Free Kathleen Cleaver and All Political Prisoners." Rear cover features an Emory Douglas poster. More
Cat.No: 293979
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, Vol. VI, no. 16...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. 20p. illus. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, very good. Cover story is "The role of the Church and the Survival Program" by Father Earl A. Neil of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Oakland; he has inscribed the cover at lower right, "To a fellow Comrade..... More
Cat.No: 284245
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, vol. VI, no. 18...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, minor pen notation at top, otherwise very good. Lead article is Huey P. Newton's statement on the dismissal of the charges against Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins in the New Haven trial. Signed by Huggins next to her portrait..... More
Cat.No: 284242
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, vol. XIII no. 19...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1975. Newspaper. 28p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, very good. Cover story is on the BPP's award of "Woman of the Year" to JoAnn Little, who had been charged with killing a white prison guard who tried to rape her. Interior includes an interview with..... More
Cat.No: 182910
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. 18, no. 25...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1978. Newspaper. 16p. newspaper, 11.25x14.75 inches, evenly toned, horizontal fold, mild wrinkling. Cover story on the Brian Weber case, in which a white employee at Kaiser Aluminum in Louisiana sued the company over its affirmative action program. More
Cat.No: 281527
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. 18, no. 26...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1978. Newspaper. 16p., newspaper, 11.25x14.75 inches, horizontal fold, paper toned. Issued after the mass suicide at Jonestown. Headline: Jonestown: "We have tasted total equality." Second front page article: Jim Jones: "All my thoughts are coming from the CIA." Argues that there was a government plot..... More
Cat.No: 182323
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. 18, no. 3...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1978. Newspaper. 28p. newspaper, 11.25x14.75 inches, evenly toned, horizontal fold, "M. Davis #31" penned at top (significance unknown; we have several examples with similar notation). "Celebrate Black History" cover. More
Cat.No: 288432
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. 19, no. 9...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1979. Newspaper. 16p. newspaper, 11.25x14.75 inches, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Cover story on Huey Newton's accusation that the DA had bribed witnesses in his retrial for the killing of Kathleen Smith. Centerfold spread has photos of a radiothon fundraiser for the Oakland..... More
Cat.No: 281525
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. 4 [actually Vol...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, mild horizontal fold. Rear cover poster by Emory Douglas depicts a woman standing on a table inside of a decrepit apartment, fighting off rats; she declares that she has realized she has "a right to kill the greedy slumlord..... More
Cat.No: 285204
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. IX no 12...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper + 4p. supplement on Oakland politics, Malik poster on rear cover. Horizontal fold, evenly toned, light handling wear. More
Cat.No: 107692
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. IX no 12...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid newspaper + 4p. supplement on Oakland politics, Malik poster on rear cover. Horizontal fold, small stain at bottom of front cover. More
Cat.No: 295746
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. IX no 13...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1973. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid format newspaper, with 4p. supplement on the Port of Oakland. Horizontal fold, minor toning and edgewear. Stories include an apartment fire and death in Oakland, Women in San Bruno Jail Present list of demands, A Tribute to Roberto Clemente, Part two..... More
Cat.No: 287549
Kathleen Cleaver [poster]
Mosley, David; artist
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