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.
The Broad Ax. Vol. 1 no. 5 (August 1974)
Salt Lake City: Black Studies Institute, University of Utah, 1974. Newspaper. 16p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Radical paper published by Black students. This includes much discussion of racism in the LDS community, both historical and contemporary, with a cover story on discrimination against..... More
Cat.No: 304010
Bubbling brown sugar! A musical revue, Harlem 1910-1940
New York: MCM Ventures, [1978?]. 20p. illus. playbill for the Loften Mitchell musical, 12x9 inches, stapled wraps, lightly worn, a few small stains on front wrap else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 44170
Buck Sheet: along the Ledo Road. Vol. 2 no. 169...
n.p. Special Services, 1944. Newsletter. Single issue of the mimeographed newsletter produced for servicemen along the Ledo Road in the India-Burma-China theatre. 8.5x14 inches, fold-creased, reverse somewhat smudged but still legible. Updates on the war effort against Germany and the Japanese forces in the Philippines, with an article celebrating Ross..... More
Cat.No: 273230
The Burning Spear; voice of the international African revolution. Vol...
Oakland: African People's Socialist Party, 1991. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid newspaper, illustrated with photos and cartoons, evenly toned. Cover headline: "“Party-led struggle frees Kerano Hawkins from the State, after she defends her family by killing a white man who attacked her in Wilmington, Delaware. Party defeats the State's attempt to..... More
Cat.No: 304469
The Burning Spear; voice of the international African revolution. Vol...
Oakland: African People's Socialist Party, 1993. Newspaper. 27p. folded tabloid newspaper, illustrated with photos and cartoons, lightly toned. Cover story proclaims "Bring our African babies home! NPDUM leader exposes that foster care racket nets millions for white community." Includes a supplement on the 20th anniversary of the African People's Socialist..... More
Cat.No: 270267
By-laws of George W. Posey no. 77, F. & A....
[Vallejo]: The Lodge, no date. Pamphlet. 10p., 3.5x5.75 inches, handbook in blue stapled wraps with light tanning and wear, one line crossed off in marker on first page. More
Cat.No: 175186
CalArts presents the Alpert Awards in the Arts: 1996 Su...
Santa Monica: CalArts/Herb Alpert Foundation, 1996. Pamphlet. [16p] photos of the five recipients in text, stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, sticker shadow on rear wrap else very good condition. 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...
San Francisco: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of California, 2002. 56p., 8,5x11 inches, printed cover letter laid in, a few small stains else very good in wraps with subtitle, "Driving while black or brown" More
Cat.No: 160965
California Speaks: Language Diversity and English Proficiency by Legislative District
[Los Angeles]: Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California / Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, [c2000]. Paperback. 190p., wraps, tables, wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Uses data from the 2000 census. More
Cat.No: 303878
Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Louann, Arkansas, Rev. J.E. Johnson. Dedication...
[Louann, AR]: Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 1983. Ephemera. 1983. [8] pages, illustrations, wraps. 11.25 x 8.5 in. Good. Edge worn, with corners bumped and creased on covers. Long inscription on page [7] signed Alma Elliot. Church brochure with service schedule and dinner menu. Alma Elliot, the Church Clerk, has written..... More
Cat.No: 301797
Can you practice what you teach? The facts in the...
New York: Committee to Retain Gilgoff and Rosenbaum in Our School System, [1952]. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, creased from having been folded for mailing; "Academic freedom" and "1952" penned on front cover. "A Negro, Henry Fields, was shot and killed by a policeman in Brownsville after a minor auto..... More
Cat.No: 279796
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
The Case of the Atmore-Holman Brothers & the IFA: Murder...
Birmingham, AL: Inmates For Action Defense Fund, [1975]. Newspaper. Four-page pamphlet in tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold crease, "Rec'd Feb. 1975" penciled in lower right corner, otherwise very good. Not found in OCLC as of March 2023, but an example is held among the Southern Patriot files at the Auburn..... More
Cat.No: 300525
Catalyst: a socialist journal of the social services. [Nearly complete...
New York: Institute for Social Service Alternatives, 1978-1988. Magazine. Nos. 1-22, missing only number 21, includes two double issues; illus., photos., minor handling wear, spines a bit toned, minor rust stain on front wrapper of no. 12, nos. 14 and the double issue 17/18 have dampstains on their text blocks..... More
Cat.No: 193707
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...
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
Central America alert: Vol. II, No. 6, October 1984
San Francisco: USOCA, 1983. Newsletter. 11p., folded tabloid newspaper format, evenly toned, lightly worn, small stain on front wrap else very good condition on newsprint. Articles on Reagan's reelection and its consequences for Central America, African Americans, and the Cold War, the elections in Nicaragua, and more. USOCA was a...... More
Cat.No: 252196
Challenge: official publication of the Young People's Socialist League [four...
New York: Young People's Socialist League. 1958-1959. Newspaper. 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..... More
Cat.No: 178863
The Chancel Choir of the North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church...
Oakland: the Church, 1988. [12]p., 8.5x11 inches, stapled wraps with biblical quotation, faint fold-crease else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 107467
The Chancel Choir of the North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church...
Oakland: North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church, 1987. [8]p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps, very good condition. Cover title: "Praise the Lord, o my soul" More
Cat.No: 107466
Changing patterns in the new south; a unique record of...
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1955. Staplebound. 116p., second printing, very good in wraps. More
Cat.No: 39591
Charges against Ernie McMillan derailed [handbill]
Dallas, TX: United Defense for Political Prisoners; Ernest McMillan Legal Defense Fund, [197-]. Handbill. 8.5x14 inch handbill printed both sides, very good. On the defense of a SNCC activist whose supporters said he was being railroaded under false charges of destruction of property. "In November, 1972, the United Defense for..... More
Cat.No: 300708
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Los Angeles Lay District presents...
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
Claude Lightfoot and Jack Kling: a tribute, May 17, 1987
Chicago: State Committee, Illinois District, Communist Party, USA, 1987. Pamphlet. [24]p. program, stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition with addendum sheet laid in. 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. Pamphlet. [24]p. program, stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. Commemoration of the two Chicago-area Communist activists, done after their retirement. More
Cat.No: 160233
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