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.
Black Sabbath; the secret musical history of Black-Jewish relations
New York: Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation, 2010. Pamphlet. 40p., wraps, very good condition, 5.25x7.25 inches. Booklet to accompany the CD (the CD is lacking). More
Cat.No: 276259
The Black Scholar, volume 12, number 6 (November/December 1981). The...
San Francisco: The Black World Foundation, 1981. Magazine. 80p. staplebound journal, very good. Includes reprints from previous issues, with poetry by Alice Walker, Joyce Carol Thomas, Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, Ntozake Shange, articles by Angela Davis and Assata Shakur, and others. More
Cat.No: 82217
The Black Scholar, volume 16, number 6 (Nov/Dec 1985)
Oakland: The Black World Foundation, 1986. Magazine. 64p., staplebound wraps, mild wear and toning, subscription label attached, else good condition. This issue focuses on The Divestment Movement, U.S. Sanctions on S. Africa, Anti-Apartheid Resources, Attacks on Angola, more. More
Cat.No: 280026
The Black Scholar, volume 17, number 4 (Jul/Aug 1986)
Oakland: The Black World Foundation, 1986. Magazine. 64p., 7x10 inches wraps; staplebound journal, very good. This issue focuses on "African Literature", with various contemporaneous African writers and scholars including Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Juliet I. Okonwo, Daniel Garcia Santos, et al. More
Cat.No: 280016
The Black Scholar, volume 5 number 3 (Nov. 1973)
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1973. Magazine. 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 5 number 3 (Nov. 1973)
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1973. Magazine. 64p. staplebound magazine, 7x10 inches, wraps worn and creased, 1/4 inch tear on rear wrap else very good condition. Includes Ron Karenga's "Strategy for Struggle," articles by Shirley Graham DuBois on the Middle East, Robert Allen on China after the Cultural Revolution..... More
Cat.No: 257726
The Black Scholar: volume 5 number 6; March 1974
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1974. Magazine. 64p. staplebound magazine, 7x10 inches, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Special issue on Black Science. Contributors include Shirley Graham Du Bois and Fania Davis Jordan. More
Cat.No: 257727
The Black Scholar: volume 5 number 9, June 1974; The...
Sausalito, CA: The Black World Foundation, 1974. Magazine. 64p. staplebound magazine, 7x10 inches, date penned on front wrap, address label on rear wrap, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 292861
Black Wonder: #1
West Hollywood: Incognito Pub. no date. Magazine. [52p] includes covers, 6.5x9 inches, b&w explicit hardcore photos of gay African American men engaged in sex ax, very good magazine in stapled explicit pictorial yellow wraps. More
Cat.No: 309422
Black Workers Matter: A know your rights guide
[Los Angeles]: Legal Aid at Work / The Los Angeles Black Worker Center, 2020. Pamphlet. [16]p., stapled wraps, illus., very good condition. More
Cat.No: 301278
Blacks and Hispanics in the United States: sixth in a....
Washington: American Council of Life Insurance, 1979. Pamphlet. 46p., stapled wraps, 7x10 inches, wraps lightly worn, touch of rust to staples else very good condition. DataTrack 6. More
Cat.No: 53582
Blacks in the Federal Government
Chicago: Empak Publishing Company, 1991. Pamphlet. 32p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps worn and soiled else very good condition. Educational pamphlet . A Gift of Heritage No. 9. More
Cat.No: 167411
The Blade: the cutting edge of change [five issues]
Irvine, CA: 1975-1976. Newspaper. Issues 1-5 of the tabloid format newspaper published by Third World student activists at UC Irvine. Each has a horizontal fold, the last issue has a phone number penned on the cover. More
Cat.No: 317335
The Blast: an anarchist agitational from Turtle Island: Vol. 1...
Bay Area, CA: The Blast, 2016. Newspaper. 7p., folded tabloid newspaper format, lightly worn else very good condition. Mostly in English with one page in Spanish. Place of publication is identified only as "Bay Area." Anarchist newspaper named after the short-lived newspaper published by Alexander Berkman from 1916-1917. Articles on..... More
Cat.No: 261821
Blevins Davis and Robert Breen present Porgy and Bess; Music...
New York: Everyman Opera, 1952. [28]p. profusely illus., 9x12 inch program for the Cab Calloway production of the musical, handbill for its production at San Francisco's Curran Theatre laid in, very good in wraps. Version first presented at Dallas' State Fair Auditorium in June, 1952. More
Cat.No: 147988
Bob Avakian For the Liberation of Black People and the...
npl: [Revolutionary Communist Party], 2020. Pamphlet. 28p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 271226
Bobby Seale in conversation
Cambridge, MA: Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, c2017. Handbill. 5.5x8.5 inch double-sided handbill; photo., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 312381
Boby Seale Brigade, Mass Meeting [handbill]
[Milwaukee, WI]: Bobby Seale Brigade, [c1970]. Handbill. 2.5x8.5 inch slip by the Bobby Seale Brigade for a meeting at Tripp Commons, photocopy transfer is somewhat weak; overall very good. More
Cat.No: 317970
Boycott Manny's; stop the woke-washing of the Mission. Manny's out!...
San Francisco: Endorsed by Palestinian youth Movement, c2019. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch handbill; in very good condition. An anti-gentrification and anti-Zionist handbill. "Manny's is part of a systematic attempt to make gentrification and racism seem 'cool' through woke-washing. Woke-washing is the strategy of putting a 'social justice' facade on oppressive politics."..... More
Cat.No: 317259
Brentwood: a film revue magazine; #4: Don't Tease Me film...
San Francisco: Brentwood, [1970s]. Magazine. [32p] includes covers, 8.5x11, very little text, all color stills from the pornographic film, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Interracial action between two roommates. More
Cat.No: 297754
Bridge: the Asian-American magazine: volume 3, number 3, June 1974
New York: Basement Workshop, 1974. Magazine. 51p., 8.5x11 inches, text in English, illustrated with photos and drawings, very good bi-monthly magazine in original pictorial wraps. Editorial on My Lai and Watergate, Reverend Lee and Communism at 5th and Market in San Francisco's Chinatown, a review of "Farewell to Manzanar," and..... More
Cat.No: 98459
Bridge: the Asian-American magazine: volume 3, number 3, June 1974
New York: Basement Workshop, 1974. Magazine. 51p., 8.5x11 inch staplebound magazine; unobtrusive interior rubberstamps indicating rejection from a library as a duplicate. Editorial on My Lai and Watergate, Reverend Lee and Communism at 5th and Market in San Francisco's Chinatown, a review of "Farewell to Manzanar," and a harshly negative..... More
Cat.No: 308877
Bring the war home! vol. 1, forgotten heroes. The Black...
npl: Last Word Press, nd. Pamphlet. [22]p., 5.5x8.5 inch zine wraps; b&w illus., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 312280
Bring Yanks Home / Yank the Cops from Harlem /...
Richmond Hill, NY: SWP; mfg. by Columbia Advertising, [196-]. Pinback Button. 1.5 inch diameter pin, black and white, very good. More
Cat.No: 207323
The Broad Ax. Vol. 1 no. 4 (July 1974)
Salt Lake City: Black Studies Institute, University of Utah, 1974. Newspaper. 12p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Radical paper published by Black students. Cover story, and additional content, criticizing the Fourth of July. More
Cat.No: 304011
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