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
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
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. 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
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
Clash: newspaper for the resistance in Europe. Number 7. September '92.
Amsterdam: Slagerzicht, 1992. 74p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, price written in pen on front wrap else very good condition. 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..... More
Cat.No: 236761
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 finally be ended
Chicago: RCP Publications, 1989. 35p., illus., 8x10.5 inches, later printing,very good in wraps. Special supplement to Revolutionary Worker 518 (8/14/89). The RCP's position on the relationship between national oppression and proletarian revolution. More
Cat.No: 121229
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
Colors of Contribution: the Women's Building Honors Lesbians of Color for Shaping the Vision [two handbills] featuring Casselberry-Dupree Band with Nerida Rojas & Annette A. Aguilar
San Francisco: Women's Building, 1991. Two handbills, 8.5x11 inches printed one side only, orange stock, very good, picture of the musical duo, information about the event, very similar in layout with minor differences. Handbills for a benefit for the Women's Building. More
Cat.No: 238049
Combined minutes of the proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth session of the Atlanta Georgia Annual Conference held at Turner Memorial AME Church... November 21-25, 1956 ... and Ninety-first Annual Session of the Georgia Annual Conference held at St. Paul AME Church ... December 5-9, 1956...
Atlanta: [Sixth Episcopal District, AME Church], 1956. 80p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Includes a resolution in support of the Supreme Court's outlawing of school segregation. More
Cat.No: 212864
The Commemorator. Vol. 12 no. 1 (October 2002)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 2002. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. More
Cat.No: 245955
The Commemorator. Vol. 14 no. 2 (July 2004)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 2004. 28p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. Cover story is "Media and Berkeley Police Dept. continue dirty politics against BPP legacy." More
Cat.No: 245956
The Commemorator. Vol. 16 no. 2 (October 2006)
Oakland: The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party, 2006. 24p., tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, otherwise very good. Single issue of the paper published by former Black Panthers and supporters. Cover story on the 40th anniversary of the BPP. More
Cat.No: 245957
The commune. (April 8, 1968)
Manhattanville Station, New York: Commune, 1968. First issue of the short-lived Situationist-influenced newsletter, mimeographed on a single 8.5x11 inch sheet, very good. OCLC lists two holdings, at UC Davis and University of Virgina, each of which has only this and one later issue. The publication was occasioned by the assassination..... More
Cat.No: 164986
The communist vol. I, no. 5
Detroit: Black Workers Congress, 1975. 20p. tabloid newspaper, 11x17 inches, folded, text in English and Spanish. More
Cat.No: 167413