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
Comprehensive Listing of State Legislators of Color Updated June 1992
Washington DC: Center for Policy Alternatives, 1992. Pamphlet. 23p., softbound corner-stapled pamphlet 11x8.5 inches, ex library with minimal markings (rubber stamp and inked abbreviation), a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 191382
Constructive Mental Hygiene in the Caribbean; Proceedings of the first Caribbean converence on mental Health, March 14-19, 1957. Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
Assen, Netherlands: Royal Van Gorcum Ltd, 1957. Hardcover. xiii, 176p., hardbound in openweave cinnamon cloth boards gilt, in dust jacket; lower corner has suffered a bad corner bump affecting textblock (but not the printblocks) as well as covers, while the upper corner-tip has a much milder bump. Otherwise quite sound..... More
Cat.No: 231112
Contemporary Afro-American Films Presents Saba Saba
Stockton, CA: Contemporary Afro-American Films, [c1972]. Single sheet folded to make a 3-panel brochure, 3.75 x 8.5 inches when folded, illus., very good condition. Brochure promoting the film "Saba Saba", a 1972 documentary on Tanzania and President Julius Nyerere made by African-American filmmakers George Sloan, Sam Steverson, William Sloan, and..... More
Cat.No: 250765
The continuing challenge: the past and the future of Brown v. Board of Education, a symposium
Notre Dame: Notre Dame Center for Civil Rights, 1975. Paperback. xi, 88p., wraps. More
Cat.No: 54469
The Councilor: Vol. 10 no. 12 (July 28, 1973)
Shreveport, LA: the newspaper, 1973. [16p.], tabloid format newspaper, evenly toned else good condition. Single issue of the far-right newspaper, with articles on various communist and Jewish efforts to undermine the American Way, an article about Angela Davis as violent menace, etc. More
Cat.No: 201259
The covenant with black America; introduction by Tavis Smiley
Chicago: Third World Press, 2006. Trade Paperback. xiv, 254p., previous owner's signature, first printing, wraps. More
Cat.No: 137839
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Crimes of Hate [brochure] a powerful new documentary video
New York: Anti-Defamation league, [1998]. Eight panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches on heavy stock illustrated with stills from the film, final panel is an order form for the ADL film library, very good. Concerns hate crimes agains Jews, People of Color and Gays. More
Cat.No: 252659
Cry for freedom. "The newspaper of poor and working people." Vol. 1 no. 1 (Dec. 1978/Jan. 1979)
New York: 1978. 16p. (half in English, half in Spanish); tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, paper toned. Fred Newman was on the editorial board. Salvador Agron, popularly known as the "Capeman," is listed on the editorial staff, and he contributes an article about his case. He laments that he is..... More
Cat.No: 220061
CSERA News: A bi-monthly newsletter from the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America (CSERA), University of Colorado at Boulder; Volume 5, No. 3, January 1992
Boulder, CO: CSERA, 1992. 7p., self wraps secured by folding, 8.5 x 11 inches, creased from being folded in half for mailing, address label on rear wrap with address crossed off in marker, else very good condition with flier advertising a fellowship opportunity laid in. The Center encompessed the Afroamerican..... More
Cat.No: 251016
CSERA News: A bi-monthly newsletter from the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America (CSERA), University of Colorado at Boulder; Volume 7, No. 1, November 1993
Boulder, CO: CSERA, 1993. 7p., self wraps secured by folding, 8.5 x 11 inches, creased from being folded in half for mailing, address label on rear wrap else very good condition. The Center encompessed the Afroamerican, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano Studies departments at the University. More
Cat.No: 251017
Cultural Correspondence new series #2 (Winter 1983)
New York: Cultural Correspondence, 1983. Magazine. 96p., 8.5x11 inches, illus., wraps slightly edge worn else very good condition. Includes C.L.R. James at Black Ink: on Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Ntozake Shange. Other contents include a special section on radical humor and an arts roundup. More
Cat.No: 130470
Dance Black America April 21-24, 1983
New York: Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1983. 47p, 8.5 x 10 inches, wraps, illustrated with black & white photos, program for festival on the roots of black dance including African and Caribbean slave dances through hip hop, not in OCLC. This festival was captured on film by D A Pennebacker..... More
Cat.No: 169614
De Colores: Newsletter of the Bay Area Lesbians of Color Summer 1988
San Francisco: BALOC, 1988. 8p., 5.5x8.5 inches, articles, events, illustrations, services and resources, very good newsletter on lavender stock. Includes discussion of Jesse Jackson’s second campaign for president. More
Cat.No: 225631
Defund the Police! What it means and why the time is now
[Oakland / Brooklyn]: Irrelevant Press, [2020 or 2021]. Pamphlet. [8]p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good zine. Based of the article "What does 'defund the police' mean? The rallying cry sweeping the US-explained" by Sam T. Levin published in The Guardian, June 6, 2020. More
Cat.No: 265891
Delegate 1986
New York: Delegate, 1986. Oversized Paperback. 228p., illus., 8.5x11 inches, wraps. For two decades, Delegate served as a guide to the meetings and activities of African American leadership organizations. More
Cat.No: 42231
Democratic circus comes to Harlem
Harlem, NY: Harlem branch of the Progressive Labor Party, [1967]. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides, creased from folding into quarters, worn and soiled; not found in OCLC. Addresses for two political contacts have been penned in the margin. Criticism of Adam Clayton Powell, probably written by Bill Epton..... More
Cat.No: 147704
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Demonstrate! Boycott classes April 29 Janss Steps UCLA 1:30 [handbill] re: Bakke Decision etc.
Los Angeles: no publisher noted, 1978. Single 8.5x14 inch sheet handbill, fold crease at bottom otherwise very good on yellow stock with bold, black text. Other text reads -Ransacking of BSA Office, Bill Davis Controversy, Irresponsible Journalism by Daily Bruin, TA Cutbacks, Racism in Law School, Racism! with an 11-line..... More
Cat.No: 205737
DENISE ANDERSON, WILLIAM ANDERSON, ROBERT W. CASTLE, ARLENE LATKO, JOEL MYRON, ADRIAN TENHOR AND JERSEY CITY BRANCH OF NAACP, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THOSE PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS, v. ARTHUR J. SILLS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, STEVEN NESTOR, POLICE CHIEF OF JERSEY CITY, GEORGE N. BONELLI, SHERIFF OF HUDSON COUNTY AND GEORGE WHELAN, POLICE DIRECTOR OF JERSEY CITY, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CLASS OF POLICE CHIEFS, COUNTY SHERIFFS, MUNICIPAL, COUNTY AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS. Opinion.
n.p. Superior Court of New Jersey; Chancery division, Hudson County, 1969. 11p., 8.5x14 inch sheets stapled together at upper left corner, very good. Civil rights organizers in Hudson County filed the lawsuit against police for tracking their activities and creating secret files; the court finds that the police activities did..... More
Cat.No: 194214
Detroit Reporter: the black and white newspaper. Sept. 4, 1974
Detroit: Detroit Reporter, 1974. 16p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, pages toned. Includes an article incorrectly theorizing that Huey Newton, whose whereabouts were unknown at the time, had been killed by white "mafia types." More
Cat.No: 242434
Directory of historically black colleges and universities in the United States
Washington: National Alliance of Businessmen, 1977. 107p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps. More
Cat.No: 116192
Does American Nurses Association (ANA) have conservative color schemes? [handbill]
[New York]: ANA Chapter, CSAE Local 1707, AFSCME AFL/CIO, 1969. 8.5x11 inch handbill, mimeographed on green paper, lightly fold-creased else good condition. States that two months after negotiating an agreement with the ANA to hire nurses from minority communities, several of the new nurses were being terminated. Outlies the case..... More
Cat.No: 187554
Down for revolution; the RW interview
[Berkeley?]: [Revolution Books], [1990?]. 23 8.5x11 inch sheets, printed single side, light stain on front cover else very good condition. Contains an interview with an imprisoned African American leader of the RCP, reprinted from three 1990 issues of the Revolutionary Worker. More
Cat.No: 128175
The dream lives on [Martin Luther King supplement to The Call newspaper, calling for January 15 to become a national holiday]
Chicago: the Call, [1980]. Four-panel tabloid newspaper format brochure, evenly toned, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. More
Cat.No: 237146
Dreamgirls
New York: The Dreams Company/Raydell Publishing, 1981. 16p., 9x12 inch playbill from the show, profusely illus. with color and black/white photos, wraps. More
Cat.No: 147967
Dynamic, February-March 1990: Special Issue-African American History Month
New York: Young Communist League, 1990. 15p., newsprint magazine, evenly toned else very good condition. Official bimonthly publication of the YCL junior branch of the CPUSA. Articles in this issue include Michael McGarry on the 30th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins, a review of the movie "Glory," and unrelated pieces..... More
Cat.No: 123322