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
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
California’s Black Resources in Structuring Social Change. California Negro Leadership Conference. Asilomar, January 30 - February 1, 1970
[Pacific Grove, CA]: the Conference, 1970. Four-panel conference program, 8.5x11 inches, very good. The event included Nathan Hare, Angela Davis, Willie Brown, David Hilliard, Jess Unruh, and many others. More
Cat.No: 233060
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
Can't jail the spirit; political prisoners in the U.S. A collection of biographies. Third edition
Chicago: Editorial El Coqui, 1992. 207p., preface, testimonial, foreword, introduction, illustrations, very good third edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The prisoners include African Americans, Hispanic Americans,Native Americans, European Americans, Japanese nationals etc. More
Cat.No: 68602
Can't jail the spirit; political prisoners in the U.S. A collection of biographies
Chicago: Committee to end the Marion Lockdown, 2002. Paperback. 234p., introduction, illustrations, very good fifth edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The prisoners include African Americans, Hispanic Americans,Native Americans, European Americans, Japanese nationals etc. Each edition contains new information while released prisoners are not included; we are proud to note... More
Cat.No: 92455
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
![Catalyst: a socialist journal of the social sciences. [Nearly complete run, missing one issue]](/pictures/thumb/193707.jpg?v=1502683916)
Catalyst: a socialist journal of the social sciences. [Nearly complete run, missing one issue]
New York: Institute for Social Service Alternatives, 1978-1988. Nos. 1-22, missing only number 5; generally very good condition, minor wear and handling soil. Nos. 9/10 and 17/18 are double issues. Many issues have special themes. Topics range from radical perspectives on ghetto organizing to a psychotherapist's examination of the impact... More
Cat.No: 193707
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]](/pictures/thumb/210179.jpg?v=1484090122)
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
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
Challenging the myths: the schools, the blacks, and the poor
Cambridge: Harvard Educational Review, 1975. Paperback. 212p., revised and enlarged edition, wraps. Reprint series #5. More
Cat.No: 17088
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
Changes: no. 3, spring 1974
Simpsonville, MD: Changes/PEER Collective, 1974. Newspaper. 44p. folded tabloid newspaper in two sections, comix, political cartoons, radical columns, news, services, very good on newsprint. Underground radical political newspaper. Articles on the murder of George Jackson in prison, Racism in Hopward County, LGBT and Women's Rights, Black Panthers, the US still... More
Cat.No: 186520
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](/pictures/thumb/224654.jpg?v=1525922609)
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
The Church and the Negro; five editorial atricles from The Church Standard, reprinted by request
Philadelphia: the Church Standard, 1906. 28p., lightly worn wraps. More
Cat.No: 99687
Cinéaste; vol. VI no. 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
Cinéaste; vol. XIII, no. 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
Civil rights U.S.A. Public schools southern states 1962; staff reports submitted to the United States Commission on Civil Rights and authorized for publication
Washington: the Commission, 1962. Paperback. iii, 217p., prior owner's signature, otherwise very good in wraps. Studies of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. More
Cat.No: 133325
Clash: newspaper for the resistance in Europe. Number 3
Amsterdam: Slagerzicht, [1991]. 86p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Text in heavily accented English. The result of cooperation between activists in seven different western European countries, hence the use of English as a lingua franca. Updates on antifascist activities in Europe, the Gulf War, etc. Includes a reprint of a lengthy... More
Cat.No: 210343
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