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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
The black presence series; the arts, history, folklore, sports, music, literature, education, invention, the military
New York: Pepsico, [198-?]. 24p. including ten pages of reproductions of the posters from the series (Robeson, Tubman, Bethune, etc., second version, wraps. This version adds the poster of Madame C. J. Walker. Could Clarence Holte, who worked for Pepsi, have inspired this series. More
Cat.No: 114659
A black quartet; four new black plays by Ben Caldwell, Ronald Milner, Ed Bullins and Leroi Jones, with an introduction by Clayton Riley
New York: Signet/New American Library, 1970. Mass Market Paperback. xxiii, 158p. + 8p. photos, first printing, wraps; worn and acidic, with a dampstain that affects the first dozen leaves. Paperback original. More
Cat.No: 137992
The Black Scholar, volume 10, number 2 (October 1978)
San Francisco: The Black World Foundation, 1978. 72p., staplebound wraps, very good. This issue includes a 15-page Open Letter to Jimmy Carter from Republic of New Afrika president Imari Abubakari Obadele. More
Cat.No: 253510
The Black Scholar, volume 11, number 6 (July/August 1980)
San Francisco: The Black World Foundation, 1980. 88p., staplebound wraps, mild wear, short edge tear to rear cover. This issue includes Manning Marable's "The Fire this time: The Miami Rebellion, May 1980" and several items on Cuba. More
Cat.No: 253513
The Black Scholar, volume 5 number 3 (Nov. 1973)
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1973. 64p. staplebound magazine, very good. Includes Ron Karenga's "Strategy for Struggle," articles by Shirley Graham DuBois on the Middle East, Robert Allen on China after the Cultural Revolution, and more. More
Cat.No: 253512
The Black Scholar, volume 9, number 8/9 (May/June 1978)
San Francisco: The Black World Foundation, 1978. 64p., staplebound wraps, mild wear. This issue includes "People's revolt against poverty: an appeal and challenge" by Republic of New Afrika president Imari Abubakari Obadele; "On the Black Student Movement 1969-70" by Muhammad Ahmad, "War on Black colleges" by Nathan Hare, and more..... More
Cat.No: 253511
Black Unity. Vol. 1 no. 1
Berkeley: the newspaper, 1969. 8p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Contains much about the Conspiracy Trial, Black Panther Party, and contemporary events, but much of the content is devoted to Ambibe Ogotemmeli's ruminations on Black capitalism. In addition to publishing this paper, he was..... More
Cat.No: 251322
The Black uprisings; Newark, Detroit, 1967. Introduction by Paul Boutelle
New York: Merit Publishers, 1969. Pamphlet. 30p., third printing, very good in wraps. More
Cat.No: 26772
Blacks and Hispanics in the United States; sixth in a series of reports which compile and interpret statiscal information of direct concern to life insurance executives
Washington: American Council of Life Insurance, 1979. 46p., wraps. DataTrack 6. More
Cat.No: 53582
" Blacks in flicks" at Knoxville, Tennessee 1969-1970
Knoxville: Knoxville College, 1969. 8-panel brochure for a film-study project on the African American in the film industry at Knoxville College. More
Cat.No: 154988
Blacks in the federal government
Chicago: Empak Publishing Company, 1991. 32p., illus., wraps. Educational pamphlet . A gift of heritage 9. More
Cat.No: 167411
Blacks:USA:1973; the New York Cultural Center in association with Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2 Columbus Circle, September 26 to November 15, 1973
New York: the Center, 1973. [27]p., wraps, 11 x 8.5 inches. Profusely illus. exhibition catalog of works by African American artists, including Betye Saar, Kassan, and many others. More
Cat.No: 20508
Blessed Martin De Porres, OP. An American Negro. Apostle of Charity / Prayer for conversion of the Negroes [prayer card]
[Alabama]: Mother Mary Missions; imprimatur: T.J. Toolen, Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, 1942. 2.75x3.75 inch card, color portrait of De Porres one side, text of the prayer on the other; very good. De Porres, who died in Lima in 1639, is the patron saint of people of interracial ancestry and and seekers..... More
Cat.No: 191669
Blues unlimited: all blues all the time; number 107, April/May 1974
London: Blues Unlimited, 1974. Magazine. 32p. including covers, 8.25x11.75 inches, photos, ads, reviews, interviews, very good magazine, newsprint, stapled pictorial wraps. Mighty Joe Young, nPee Wee Crayton, Lloyd Glenn, Little Boyd and more New Orleans. UK Blues periodical. More
Cat.No: 183366
Bolshevik revolution. No. 5 (August 1980)
New York: Bolshevik League of the United States, 1980. Single issue of the journal, 16p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Includes a report on the Black United Front congress, a report on two "traitors" on the BL central committee being discovered and purged, and more. More
Cat.No: 177110
Bring the War Home! Vol. 1: Forgotten Heroes. The Black Liberation Army and the Weather Underground
Eugene, OR: Anarchist Action Collective, n.d. [20p.], staplebound zine, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Booklet celebrating the BLA and WUO, including reprints of related texts. Undated, but inside the back cover is a piece on the Earth Liberation Front, citing events in 1997 and 1998. More
Cat.No: 213338
Bring Yanks Home / Yank the Cops from Harlem / Vote Socialist Workers [pinback button]
Richmond Hill, NY: SWP; mfg. by Columbia Advertising, [196-]. 1.5 inch diameter pin, black and white, very good. More
Cat.No: 207323
Broadway Local West Side Community Newspaper, No. 13, Sept. 4-20, 1971
New York: Broadway Local, 1971. Newspaper. 12p., folded tabloid, illus., toned, lightly frayed, tiny chips at spine quarterfold, else good. Implictly lefty Upper West Side Manhattan community newspaper with news on Morningside squatters evictions, tenant groups, local Haitian community, local black activist Jeannette Washington, food coops, events calendar, and a...... More
Cat.No: 244503
Bubbling brown sugar! A musical revue, Harlem 1910-1940
New York: MCM Ventures, [1978?]. 20p. illus. playbill for the Loften Mitchell musical, 12x9 inches, wraps. More
Cat.No: 44170
The Buffalo Soldiers: November 16, 1993 - May 29, 1994, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Inst. [brochure]
Washington DC: National Museum of American History, 1993. Six-panel folded brochure 4.75x8.5 inches, illustrations including line drawings of the insignia, brief texts on history of the Buffalo soldiers, very good. More
Cat.No: 214731
BWMTSC News: two issues
no place: Black & White Men Together Southern California, 2007. Two issues, single 8.5x11 inch sheets printed both sides, events, news, members, illustrations, very good. Issue number one, February 2007 and the April 2007 issue, unnumbered. The organization was mainly represented by online web site information. More
Cat.No: 230084
By-laws of George W. Posey no. 77, F. & A. M.; member of The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the State of California and Jurisdiction
[Vallejo]: The Lodge, no date. 10p., 3.5x5.75 inches, handbook in blue stapled wraps with light tanning and wear. More
Cat.No: 175186
CAAS; California African American Superintendents & Assistant Superintendents 2002-2003; extending paths of trailblazers
Sacramento: The Project Pipeline Press, 2003. Pamphlet. 58p., illustrated with two dozen (or so) vignette photoportraits and a line map; softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch stapled wraps, entirely clean, sound and unmarked, a very good copy. History and roster of the association. More
Cat.No: 89680
CalArts presents the Alpert Awards in the Arts; 1996 Su Friedrich, Anne LeBaron, Suzan-Lori Parks, David Rousseve, Carrie Mae Weems
Santa Monica: CalArts/Herb Alpert Foundation, 1996. [16p] photos of the five recipients intext, wraps. Includes two African American artists among the group that deals with gender-bending themes. More
Cat.No: 112913
The California DWB report; a report from the highways, trenches and halls of power in California
San Francisco: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of California, 2002. 56p., 8,5x11 inches, printed cover letter laid in, very good in wraps with subtitle, "Driving while black or brown" More
Cat.No: 160965