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 Panther international news service, vol. 1, no. 4 (Spring 1998)
Los Angeles: New African American Vanguard Movement, 1998. Single issue of the 24p. newspaper founded by the New African American Vanguard Movement to fight for reparations and other panAfricanist issues. NAAVM was founded by ex-Panthers, former Bloods and Crips and other activists. Horizontal fold, mild toning. More
Cat.No: 245959
The Black Performing Arts Troupe of Cal State College-Hayward presents "What is is, What is was, What it's gon' be!" A dynamite, down-to-earth review of drama, music, song and dance... [handbill]
Hayward, CA: the Troupe, [1971]. 11x8.5 inch handbill, very good with some toning at upper right corner. Black and white photo depicts the cast posing onstage. A contemporary newspaper announcement described the show as an overview of Black history in America. More
Cat.No: 227960
Black Perspectives. Vol. 3 no. 1 (Nov. 1985)
Oakland: Bay Area Association of Black Psychologists, 1985. 16p., tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, mild edgewear. Articles on recent news such as the GAIN bill, racism in schools, listings of upcoming professional events, etc. More
Cat.No: 233083
Black Political Agenda '92 [issues 1 and 2]
Washington DC: 1992. First two issues of the newsletter, 6 pages each, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Coverage of Black primary candidates and potential candidates, including independents like Ron Daniels, as well as mainstream candidates' attitudes toward Black issues. Bill Clinton is lambasted for the execution of Ricky Ray Rector. More
Cat.No: 237985
The Black position; number 3, 1973, an annual
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1973. 79p., wraps. This annual, edited by Gwendolyn Brooks, contains five articles. More
Cat.No: 20435
The Black position; number 4, 1973, an annual
Detroit: Broadside Press, 1976. 36p., wraps. This annual, edited by Gwendolyn Brooks, contains a poem by her as well as articles by Nora Blakely, Marvin Florence and George Kent. More
Cat.No: 20436
The black presence series; the arts, history, folklore, sports, music, literature, education, invention, the military
New York: Pepsico, [198-?]. 24p. including nine pages of reproductions of the posters from the series (Robeson, Tubman, Bethune, etc.), first version, wraps. Could Clarence Holte, who worked for Pepsi, have inspired this series? More
Cat.No: 114658
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 3, number 6, February 1972
Sausalito: The Black World Foundation, 1972. 64p., very good in wraps, Malcolm X cover. Issue on "The Black Colony, USA" with contributions by Imari Abubakari Obadele, Charles C. Diggs Jr. on why he dropped out of the American delegation to the UN (opposition to official US policies on apartheid and..... More
Cat.No: 179665
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
The Boneyard Examiner, Vol. 1, No. 12, December 13,1971
Urbana, IL: n.p., 1971. 8p., folded tabloid, a few spots on front wraps, light toning at spine. An underground newspaper published in the home of the University of Illinois. Cover has a large photo of Vietnamese guerillas with the headline "Happy Anniversary NLF." Articles on a Graduate Assistants' Union, Angela..... More
Cat.No: 162049
The bread is rising. No. 3
New York: Emmaus House, 1968. 55p., staplebound magazine; two pages have a yellow stain, otherwise very good. Radical religious journal, along the lines of liberation theology. Includes Stokely Carmichael's "What we want." More
Cat.No: 243728
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
Burial Ceremony for Eastern Stars of International Masons, Inc.
Detroit: International Masons, Inc., n.d. Paperback. 12p., 4x5.75 inches, stiff wraps mildly toned at edges, staplebound, signature of former owner on inside cover, else very good. 4-page Syllabus of additional Eastern Star material from Ezra A Cook, Publisher laid in. Burial Ceremony for the Eastern Star affiliated with the International..... More
Cat.No: 224282