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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.
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Camp News. Vol. IV, no. 5 (May 15, 1973)
Chicago: the newspaper, 1973. Single issue of the underground GI movement publication, tabloid format newspaper, 15p., edgeworn, evenly toned, else good condition. Masthead emblem is a raised fist punching through the top of a tent. Includes an article on a racist attack on African American GIs at Camp Lejeune... More
Cat.No: 242635
Campaign for $10,000 to save this beautiful structure, Denver's leading Negro congregation asks your aid
Denver: Shorter Community A. M. E. Church, [193-?]. 12x9.5 sheet folded to three-panel brochure, glossy paper printed both sides, black/white photos, slight stain on front and small closed tear. City-wide fundraising campaign to repair the historic structure, with descriptions of the church and its programs. More
Cat.No: 117939
Cancer among blacks and othe minorities: statistical profiles
Rockville, MD: National Cancer Institute, USDHHS, 1986. ix, 273p., 8.5x11 inches, slightly worn wraps. Almost entirely charts and graphs, with more of African Americans and whites than other ethniciteis. More
Cat.No: 108116
Cathedral School for Boys 2003; yearbook
San Francisco: Cathedral School for Boys, 2003. 44p., 8x11 inches, b&w photos, pictorial boards. More
Cat.No: 145375
Celebrating the drum; 4th annual Eddie Moore Festival, August 1-8, 1993, Yoshi's Keystone Korner and the Berkeley UC Theatre
Oakland: Jazz In Flight, 1993. Magazine. [24p] 8.25x10.75 program for the festival, illustrated with photos and ads, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 134627
Centennial celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Africa: 1875-1975. [Interior title: A legacy of freedom: Christian evangelism, complete liberation]
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1975. [72p.], wraps, front cover has circular cut-out through which is visible an outline of Africa with Bible and torch; several small stains to the illustration, interior otherwise clean. 11x8.5 inches. Program booklet for an event marking the centennial of the AME Zion Church in..... More
Cat.No: 210179
Central America alert: Vol. II, No. 6, October 1984
San Francisco: USOCA, 1983. 11p., folded tabloid newspaper format, evenly toned, lightly worn, small stain on front wrap else very good condition on newsprint. Articles on Reagan's re-election and its consequences for Central America, African Americans, and the Cold War, the elections in Nicaragua, and more. More
Cat.No: 252196
The challenge of desgregation for the American police executive; a conference called by the graduate school of public administration of New York University under a grant by the Robert Marshall civil liberties trust, February 4-9, 1962
New York: New York University, 1962. 12p. conference program, wraps. More
Cat.No: 39590
Challenge: official publication of the Young People's Socialist League [four issues]
New York: Young People's Socialist League. 1958-1959. Four issues of the newspaper, perhaps all published; vol. 1 nos. 1 and 2 and vol. 2 nos. 1 and 2; 4 pages each, tabloid format on toned newsprint. Much coverage of civil rights: Volume one, number 1 has an approximately 19 column..... More
Cat.No: 178863
The Chancel Choir of the North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church celebrates its thirteenth anniversary and Black History Month; Sunday, February 25, 1988, at 4:00 p. m., North Oakland M.B.C., Oakland, California 94608
Oakland: the Church, 1988. [12]p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps with biblical quotation. More
Cat.No: 107467
The Chancel Choir of the North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church celebrates its twelfth anniversary and Black History Month; Sunday, February 15, 1987, at 4:00 p. m., North Oakland M. B. C
Oakland: North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church, 1987. [8]p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps with title, "Praise the Lord, o my soul" More
Cat.No: 107466
Changing patterns in the new south; a unique record of the growth of democracy in the South in the last decade, from the pages of the Southern Regional Council's publication NEW SOUTH
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1955. Staplebound. 116p., second printing, very good in wraps. More
Cat.No: 39591
Changing patterns in the new south; a unique record of the growth of democracy in the South in the last decade, from the pages of the Southern Regional Council's publication NEW SOUTH
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1955. Staplebound. 116p., second printing, name penned at bottom of first page, otherwise very good in wraps. More
Cat.No: 196641
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Los Angeles Lay District presents: "An Afternoon of Music and Drama" [program booklet] Sunday, June 20, 1965, Manuel [sic] Arts High School, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles: The Church, 1965. [16p] includes covers, 8.75x11.25 inches, program for the event, photos, local business ads, soiling to covers and the letters I.D.W. in ink on cover otherwise a good souvenir program booklet in stapled white printed wraps. African American church and Lay District organization as well as..... More
Cat.No: 224654
Christian reflections on issues posed by the racial crisis; in Social Action, volume xxx, no. 9, May 1964
New York: Council for Christian Social Action, United Church of Christ, 1964. 32p., wraps. Includes a lead article by Andrew Young, "Demonstrations: a Twentieth Century Christian Witness. More
Cat.No: 81813
Cinéaste; vol. 13, #3; Solidarity and the Polish Cinema, "Salt of the Earth" revisited, Hollywood's New Black stars
New York: Cineaste Publishers, 1984. 60p., 8.25x10.75 inches, photos, stills, very good film magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 166138
Cinéaste; vol. 6, #1; Costa-Garvis on "State of Siege"
New York: Cineaste Publishers, 1973. 52p., 8.25x10.75 inches, photos, stills, very good film magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Radical American film questionaire part II, Male Chauvinist Musical by Robert patrick. More
Cat.No: 166139
Claude Lightfoot and Jack Kling; a tribute, May 17, 1987
Chicago: State Committee, Illinois District, Communist Party, USA, 1987. [24]p. program with addendum sheet laid in, wraps. Commemoration of the two Chicago-area Communist activists, done after their retirement. More
Cat.No: 108592
Claude Lightfoot and Jack Kling; a tribute, May 17, 1987
Chicago: State Committee, Illinois District, Communist Party, USA, 1987. [24]p. program, stapled wraps. Commemoration of the two Chicago-area Communist activists, done after their retirement. More
Cat.No: 160233
The Claverite: a Catholic fraternal magazine; vol. 79, #2, Winter issue 1998
New Orleans: Knights of Peter Claver, 1998. Magazine. 40p., 8.5x11 inches, articles, events, photos, members, services, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover photos of Most Reverend George V. Murray, SJ, the National Chaplain and Most Reverend Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago. African American Catholic order. More
Cat.No: 213004
Clear Kenneth Johnson
Buffalo, NY: The Kenneth Johnson Defense Fund, [1976]. Six-panel brochure, 4.75x8.5 inches, very good. On the case of an African American community activist in prison for rape; alleges that he has been framed and lists cases from the past of false rape charges against African American men. More
Cat.No: 177697
Cold truth, liberating truth: how this system has always oppressed black people, and how all oppression can finallly be ended
Chicago: RCP Publications, 1989. 35p., illus., 8x10.5 inches, on evenly toned newsprint. Special supplement to Revolutionary Worker 518 (8/14/89). The Revolutionary Communist Party's position on the relationship between national oppression and proletarian revolution. More
Cat.No: 128177
The Colonnade Gallery presents the creative hand; contemporary art and artifacts of Southern Africa; an exhibition on view at The George Washington University, January 14 through February 21, 1997
Washington: The George Washington University, 1997. 12p., 10x7.5 inches oblong, preface, introduction, bibliography, map, illustrated with color photos, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 113785
The color purple; a gala premiere benefitting the San Francisco Women's Building and the San Francisco School of Dramatic Arts, December 18, 1985, Masonic Auditorium
[San Francisco]: n. pub. 1985. 24p., illus., 8.5x11" program for the benefit opening of the film version of Alice Walker's novel. More
Cat.No: 19573
Colored People's Resistance! Vol. 1, No. 1, November 26, 2008 A twice-yearly publication from NW APOC
[Portland, OR?]: NW APOC / North West Anarchist People of Color, 2008. Pamphlet. 8p., 5.5x8.5 inches, stapled zine, color photocopy, includes NW APOC sticker, very good, none found in OCLC as of 8/20. "The ThanksTaking Issue" More
Cat.No: 256016