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. IV, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. 20p. illus. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned. Front cover commemorates the second anniversary of Bobby Hutton's shooting by police. Rear cover poster by Emory Douglas warns that "If the Fascist attempt to murder Chairman Bobby and the Connecticut Panthers in the electric..... More
Cat.No: 286737
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. IV, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper, horizontal fold, minor edgewear. Cover calls for freedom for Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. Emory Douglas poster on rear cover depicts US troops fleeing from overseas attack as state police flee from internal rebellion. More
Cat.No: 286195
The Black Panther Black Community News Service. Vol. IV, no...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1970. Newspaper. 24p. illus. tabloid newspaper, horizontal fold, evenly toned. Cover calls for freedom for Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. Emory Douglas poster on rear cover depicts US troops fleeing from overseas attack as state police flee from internal rebellion. More
Cat.No: 286197
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 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. IX, no. 9...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1972. 20p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, horizontal fold, tape remnants at right edge. Inscribed by Hilliard next to his portrait on the cover, "2/20/95 All power to the people D.H." More
Cat.No: 284243
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. 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 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
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. vol. VI no. 7...
Oakland: The Black Panther Party, 1971. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, minor foxing, mild horizontal fold. Free Angela" cover depicting Angela Davis. Rear cover poster by Emory Douglas depicts Eldridge Cleaver surrendering with his pants down while Bobby Hutton still shoulders a rifle; this is a reference to..... More
Cat.No: 285199
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. vol. VI, no. 30...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1971. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned, faint horizontal fold, very good. Emory Douglas poster on the rear cover. Cover story, "5,000 Blacks may go to prison bt December," describes the trial system as racist, noting that the accused can be tried by a...... More
Cat.No: 285198
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. VII, no. 26...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1972. Newspaper. 20p. illus. tabloid newspaper; Horizontal fold, mild handling wear. Emory Douglas poster on rear cover depicts Huey Newton. Cover story, "Caution: survival is criminal - events in two Black men's lives dramatize why," discusses the cases of two men senteneced to life in prison..... More
Cat.No: 287547
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. VIII no. 19...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1972. Newspaper. 16p. illus., newspaper in tabloid format, horizontal fold, general toning and crinkling. Emory Douglas collage on the rear wraps (People's Free Clothing Program Now!), two page article "Are the Vietnamese fighting alone? Ramparts editor David Horowitz accuses Russia and China of 'undermining' Vietnamese struggle,"..... More
Cat.No: 181616
The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. Vol. VIII no. 19...
Oakland: Black Panther Party, 1972. Newspaper. 16p. illus., newspaper in tabloid format, horizontal fold, minor handling and toning. Emory Douglas collage on the rear wraps (People's Free Clothing Program Now!), two page article "Are the Vietnamese fighting alone? Ramparts editor David Horowitz accuses Russia and China of 'undermining' Vietnamese struggle,"..... More
Cat.No: 287548
Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Ministry of Information Black...
Oakland, CA: Black Panther Party for Self Defense, [1968]. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, front panel has some spotty staining, 8.5x5.5 inches. Opens with a favorable quote from "The case for an independent Black Political Party" in the Trotskyist International Socialist Review. Rejects the notion of running as Democrats, and argues..... More
Cat.No: 284292
Black Panther Party Ten Point Program [handbill]
n.p. [1970]. 8.5x11 inch sheet mimeographed both sides, minor foxing and handling wear. Issued during the national student strike in 1970 (introductory text mentions the "three national demands," which were to end the war in Indochina, end political repression in the United States, and end the complicity of universities in..... More
Cat.No: 284378
The Black Panther: Black Community News Service [ten different issues...
Berkeley: Black Panther Newspaper Committee, 1991-2016. Newspaper. Ten issues of the tabloid format paper, one of several attempts by original members to revive both the organizaiton and the newspaper. Issues present are vol. 1 nos. 1-3 (number 2 with toned cover sheet), vol. 2 no. 1 (misnumbered vol. 1 no..... More
Cat.No: 284709
The Black Performing Arts Troupe of Cal State College-Hayward presents...
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, spots of yellowing on front wrap. 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
Kathleen Cleaver [poster]
Mosley, David; artist
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